Table 2 Change in reason for stay between admission and transfer to hospital
Reason for stay at admission | Reason for stay at transferal to hospital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All hospitalised patients | Same as atMAU admission | Other reasonfor stay than atMAU admission | Diagnosesoutside MAU’sscope | Need for furtherdiagnosticclarification | |||||
N | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Musculoskeletal symptoms | 219 | 110 | 50.2 | 30 | 13.7 | 56 | 25.6 | 23 | 10.5 |
Infection | 144 | 92 | 63.9 | 7 | 4.9 | 16 | 11.1 | 29 | 20.1 |
Observation | 137 | -a | – | 37 | 27.0 | 58 | 42.3 | 42 | 30.7 |
Psychiatric symptoms | 43 | 41 | 95.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Dehydration | 33 | 2 | 6.1 | 9 | 27.3 | 14 | 42.4 | 8 | 24.2 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 5 | 20.8 | 5 | 20.8 | 2 | 8.4 |
Constipation | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 31.6 | 5 | 26.3 |
Social causes | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 33.4 | 4 | 22.2 | 8 | 44.4 |
Diabetes mellitus | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 |
Substance abuse | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 |
Total | 646 | 268 | 41.5 | 96 | 14.9 | 163 | 25.2 | 119 | 18.4 |