Table 2 Overview of data collection procedure
Instrument or Question | Source | |
|---|---|---|
Demographical data | Medical record | |
Age | ||
Gender | ||
Socioeconomic status | Postal code | |
Marital status | ||
Living arrangement | e.g. independent, nursing home, sheltered housing. | |
Hospitalization | Medical record | |
Ward | Internal/Surgical | |
Index-diagnosis | Acute/Planned | |
Length of hospital stay | Time between admission and discharge | |
Medical data | Medical record | |
Presence of polypharmacy | Does the patient uses five or more different medications? | |
Comorbidity | Charlson Comorbidity Index [20] | |
Number of hospitalizations during six months prior to current hospital stay | ||
Duration of patient handovers | Time in hours between discharge and the medical, medication and nursing handovers | Medical record |
Readmissions | Number of unplanned readmissions within 30 days | Medical record |
Emergency department visits | Number of emergency department visits within 30 days | Medical record |