Table 1 Overview of population age distribution, overall hospitalizations and hospitalizations for ACSCs, Portugal, 2015
From: Direct and lost productivity costs associated with avoidable hospital admissions
Portugal | |
|---|---|
Total number of hospitalizations | 1,000,670 |
Number of hospitalizations for ACSCs | 99,417 |
Hospitalizations per ACSCa | |
Bacterial pneumonia | 35,523 (35.54%) |
Congestive heart failure | 22,753 (22.76%) |
Hypertension | 1896 (1.90%) |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma in older adults | 10,470 (10.48%) |
Asthma in younger adults | 265 (0.27%) |
Urinary tract infection | 17,704 (17.71%) |
Diabetes long-term complications | 4541 (4.54%) |
Diabetes short-term complications | 1521 (1.52%) |
Uncontrolled diabetes | 993 (0.99%) |
Lower-extremity amputation among diabetics | 1266 (1.27%) |
Dehydration | 3019 (3.02%) |
Hospitalizations for ACSCs per total of hospitalizations | 9.93% |
Rate of hospitalizations for ACSCs (per 100.000 population over 18 years old) | 1253.88 |
Age and sex-standardized rate of hospitalizations for ACSCs (per 100.000 population over 18 years old) | 850.60 |
Hospitalizations for ACSCs per sex | |
Male | 47,548 (47.83%) |
Female | 51,869 (52.17%) |
Hospitalizations for ACSCs per age group | |
18–44 years | 4455 (4.49%) |
45–64 years | 13,573 (13.66%) |
65+ years | 81,389 (81.87%) |
Mean age of patients hospitalized for ACSCs (standard deviation) | 75.84 (14.54) |
Mean length of stay in days for hospitalizations for ACSCs (standard deviation) | 10.08 (11.22) |
Hospitalizations for ACSC with death outcome (% of all hospitalizations for ACSCs) | 13,453 (13.53%) |
Per sex and age group | |
Male | 6732 (50.04%) |
18–44 years | 43 (0.32%) |
45–64 years | 492 (3.66%) |
65+ years | 6197 (46.06%) |
Female | 6721 (49.96%) |
18–44 years | 30 (0.22%) |
45–64 years | 194 (1.44%) |
65+ years | 6497 (48.29%) |
Years of potential life lost | 109,641 |