Table 1 Characteristic of the patients admitted to the General Internal Medicine Wards at our hospital in June–July 2015
From: Clinicians can independently predict 30-day hospital readmissions as well as the LACE index
Patient characteristic | Percent of patients |
|---|---|
Patient Age | |
> 65 | 56% |
< 65 | 44% |
Patient Sex | |
Male | 56% |
Female | 44% |
Primary Diagnosis by Diagnosis Related Group | |
Cardiac Diagnosis (e.g. heart failure, atrial fibrillation, etc.) | 27% |
Infectious Diagnosis (e.g. sepsis, etc.) | 18% |
Respiratory Diagnosis (e.g. COPD, etc.) | 7% |
Malignancy-Related Diagnosis (e.g. malignant ascites, etc.) | 8% |
Benign Hematologic Diagnosis (e.g. sickle cell disease, etc.) | 3% |
Hepatopancreaticobiliary Diagnosis (e.g. pancretitis, etc.) | 3% |
Neurologic Diagnosis (e.g. seizures, etc.) | 2% |
Renal Diagnosis (e.g. AKI, etc.) | 5% |
Digestive Disorder (e.g. inflammatory bowel disease, etc.) | 9% |
Endocrine Disorder (e.g. diabetes, etc.) | 2% |
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diagnosis (e.g. fractures, etc.) | 2% |
Psychiatric Diagnosis (e.g. delirium, etc.) | 3% |
Other | 9% |