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Table 1 Patient sociodemographics, residential history, recent health service use, health conditions, and discharge potential by length of stay group and discharge destination

From: Clinical predictors of protracted length of stay in Ontario Complex Continuing Care hospitals

 

Overall

(n = 91,113)

Community Discharge

(n = 58,816)

LTC Discharge

(n = 32,297)

Length of Stay Group

Regular-stay

Long-stay (235+ days)

Regular-stay

Long-say (154+ days)

Regular-stay

Long-stay (362+ days)

Age Group

 0–64

13%

22%

15%

30%

6%

21%

 65–74

16%

18%

18%

22%

12%

18%

 75–84

38%

35%

38%

30%

39%

36%

 85–94

30%

23%

26%

17%

38%

23%

 95+

3%

3%

2%

1%

4%

3%

Female

62%

56%

62%

54%

63%

56%

Married

37%*

36%*

40%*

40%*

31%*

35%*

Speaks primarily foreign language

8%

10%

8%

12%

8%

11%

Desire to return to community

82%

58%

91%

73%

66%

49%

Support person positive towards discharge

79%

53%

87%

69%

62%

45%

Lived alone prior to entry

31%

27%

30%

26%

32%

27%

Residential History

 LTC facility

8%*

7%*

5%*

5%*

12%

7%

 Psychiatric care facility

1%

2%

1%

1%

1%

3%

 Post-acute care facility

33%

35%

32%*

33%*

35%*

38%*

Emergency Department Visits

 1 visit in last 90 days

56%

52%

57%

54%

53%

50%

 2+ visits in last 90 days

22%

15%

21%

15%

22%

14%

Hospital Admissions

 1 admission in last 90 days

39%

34%

38%

34%

42%

32%

 2+ admissions in last 90 days

8%

5%

8%

5%

9%

5%

Diseases

 Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia

24%

33%

16%

19%

39%*

39%*

 Aphasia

4%

12%

3%

10%

6%

17%

 Cancer

15%

12%

15%

13%

14%

10%

 Emphysema/COPD

16%

13%

17%

12%

16%*

14%*

 Hemiplegia/Hemiparesis

8%

16%

7%

20%

10%

17%

 Hip fracture

15%

12%

16%

11%

14%*

11%*

 Multiple sclerosis

1%

2%

1%

3%

1%

3%

 Quadriplegia

0%

2%

1%*

3%*

0%

2%

 Schizophrenia

1%

2%

1%*

2%*

2%

3%

 Stroke

20%

31%

18%

31%

25%

32%

 Traumatic brain injury

1%

4%

1%

4%

1%

5%

Infections

 Antibiotic resistant infection

6%

9%

6%

11%

6%

9%

 HIV infection

0.2%

0.6%

0.2%

1.0%

0.1%

0.4%

 Pneumonia

7%*

6%*

7%*

6%*

6%*

5%*

 Urinary tract infection

19%*

17%*

18%*

16%*

22%

18%

Conditions

 Bowel or bladder incontinence

45%

67%

36%

57%

61%

69%

 Hallucinations or delusions

6%

9%

4%

5%

9%*

10%*

 Unsteady gait

52%

39%

52%

38%

51%

40%

Treatments & Therapies

 Community skills training

48%

32%

57%

45%

31%

24%

 Dialysis

2%*

2%*

2%

3%

1%*

2%*

 Feeding tube

3%

9%

2%

9%

3%

11%

 Psychological therapy

13%

20%

14%

19%

11%

21%

 Tracheostomy, ventilator or respirator

1%

3%

1%

3%

1%

2%

 Trunk, limb or chair restraint

12%

20%

7%

15%

20%

22%

  1. All length of stay group-based chi-square statistics are significant to p < 0.0004 unless denoted by a *