|
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
|
- aPatients admitted to MAU for observation, but needed further diagnostic clarification at hospital, were categorized as “need for further diagnostic clarification”
