“What should I do when I get home?” treatment plan discussion at discharge between specialist physicians and older in-patients: mixed method study

Table 1 Descriptive information of older patients and physicians

Case	Patient gender	Age at baseline	Education in years	Days of stay	Reason for admission	CNSD	Type of medications	CIRS-G	Lives alone	^aCognitive function	^bPhysicians gender	^bPosition at hospital
1	Female	82	12	7	Fall	User	Z-hypnotics	7	Yes	Higher	Female	Resident
2	Female	88	12	6	Anemia	User	Opioid	10	Yes	Lower	Female	Specialist physician
3	Male	76	12	5	Oedema	User	Opioid Z-hypnotics	12	No	Higher	Male	Resident
4	Male	87	12	5	Infection	User	Opioid	7	Yes	Higher	Female	Resident
5	Male	78	9	11	Hypoglycemia	User	Opioid, Z-hypnotics	9	No	Lower	Female	Resident
6	Female	85	12	20	Hip pain, nutrition	User	Opioid, BZD	12	Yes	Lower	Male	Resident
7	Female	80	9	2	Fall	Non-user	N/A	4	No	Higher	Female	Resident
8	Female	87	9	9	Hypoglycemia	Non-user	N/A	6	Yes	Higher	Male	Resident
9	Female	71	16	4	Fever, astma, dyspnoea	Non-user	N/A	10	No	Higher	Male	Specialist physician
10	Male	90	12	12	Oedema	Non-user	N/A	4	Yes	Lower	Male	Specialist physician
11	Female	87	12	5	Hypoglycemia	Non-user	N/A	8	No	Higher	Female	Specialist physician
Median		85.0	12.0	6.0				8
(Range)		(71–90)	(9–16)	(2–20)				(4–12)

Footnote: Cognitive function cut-offs, N/A Not applicable. User = CNSD use above 4 weeks, Non-users: No CNSD use, or below 4 weeks, BZD Benzodiazepine. ^aHigher = Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score > 25, lower = MMSE score ≤ 25. ^bIn total, 7 physicians participated, each physician conducted 1 to 3 discharge conversations. We have reported gender and position at the hospital to illustrate the composition of each dyad

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