Table 3 Short-stay hospitalizations the year before and the year after admission by sex and age
Women | Men | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 65–74 | 75–84 | ≥ 85 | 65–74 | 75–84 | ≥ 85 | |
N | 526 | 3120 | 7601 | 481 | 1253 | 1906 | 14,887 |
Proportion of people with at least one hospitalization (%) | |||||||
Before and after | 30.0 | 31.3 | 30.5 | 36.4 | 40.5 | 37.3 | 32.6 |
Before only | 39.4 | 42.1 | 44.5 | 38.0 | 39.8 | 41.0 | 42.8 |
After only | 7.0*** | 7.7*** | 7.7*** | 7.7*** | 6.5*** | 8.1*** | 7.6*** |
Mean number of stays per person | |||||||
Before | 1,71 | 1,56 | 1,46 | 1,85 | 1,91 | 1,61 | 1,56 |
After | 0,65*** | 0,71*** | 0,66*** | 0,95*** | 1,03*** | 0,81*** | 0,73*** |
Mean number of stays per person with at least one hospitalization | |||||||
Before | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
After | 1.8** | 1.8** | 1.7* | 2.1** | 2.2** | 1.8*** | 1.8*** |
Mean cumulative length of stay (days) of hospitalized residents | |||||||
Before | 27.5 | 20.9 | 20.1 | 27.7 | 24.8 | 21.7 | 21.4 |
After | 10.5*** | 10.2** | 11.1*** | 11.6*** | 12.9*** | 10.8*** | 11.0*** |
Proportion of emergency hospitalizations (%) | |||||||
Before | 52.3 | 56.1 | 63.5 | 54.8 | 56.8 | 60.5 | 60.1 |
After | 41.7*** | 47.5*** | 58.0*** | 40.7*** | 42.3*** | 53.1*** | 52.0*** |
Proportion of hospitalizations without overnight stay (%) | |||||||
Before | 18.4 | 14.6 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 13.5 | 9.2 | 11.8 |
After | 25.7** | 27.4*** | 17.9*** | 30.5*** | 26.2*** | 18.3*** | 21.7*** |