Table 1 Descriptive statistics for patients discharged to four care categories
|  | No services (n = 2605) | Rehab (n = 689) | Home nursing (n = 535) | Nursing with rehab (n = 898) |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Mean, IQR (%) | p-value | |||
ICD-10,% | |||||
 I60 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | < 0.001 |
 I61 | 8.8 | 16.8 | 9.3 | 11.5 |  |
 I63 | 83.4 | 77.9 | 82.6 | 83.4 |  |
 I64 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 4.1 |  |
LOS stroke | 12.2 (9) | 21.6 (19) | 14.5 (13) | 16.4 (13) | < 0.001 |
Male,% | 59.8 | 44.4 | 40.9 | 35.4 | < 0.001 |
Age | 66.5 (19) | 80.0 (14) | 78.3 (16) | 83.1 (11) | < 0.001 |
LOS previous year | 0.4 (0) | 0.7 (0) | 1.8 (0) | 2.0 (0) | < 0.001 |
Comorbidities | 0.2 (0) | 0.2 (0) | 0.4 (1) | 0.5 (1) | < 0.001 |
% with ADL score > 0 | 10.4 | 44.6 | 69.0 | 78.4 |  |
ADL score | 2.6 (0) | 12.5 (24) | 20.9 (32) | 26.9 (19) | < 0.001 |
Disability pension,% | 24.9 | 30.9 | 39.6 | 27.7 | < 0.001 |
Income,c% | |||||
  < €20,000 | 18.8 | 23.8 | 27.8 | 24.3 | < 0.001 |
 €20,000-31,000 | 21.8 | 32.9 | 34.8 | 37.3 |  |
 €31,000-41,000 | 21.5 | 24.4 | 23.4 | 22.3 |  |
  > €41,000 | 37.9 | 18.9 | 14.0 | 16.1 |  |
Education,% | |||||
 Primary | 23.8 | 33.0 | 37.0 | 35.3 | < 0.001 |
 Secondary | 42.0 | 43.5 | 43.6 | 46.4 |  |
 Tertiary | 34.2 | 23.5 | 19.4 | 18.3 |  |
Within 14 days,% | |||||
 GP visit | 44.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 0.8 | < 0.001 |
Within 365 days,a% | |||||
 Long-term care | 1.3 | 34.3 | 8.7 | 35.5 | < 0.001 |
 Readmitted | 12.3 | 26.4 | 24.5 | 25.6 | < 0.001 |
 Dead | 5.9 | 22.7 | 12.2 | 29.3 | < 0.001 |
Within 90 days,b% | |||||
 Readmitted | 6.5 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 10.4 | < 0.001 |
 Dead | 1.8 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 11.8 | < 0.001 |