From: Regional variation of potentially avoidable hospitalisations in Switzerland: an observational study
N (%) | Physician Contact prior to Admission n (%) | Rate of Self Referral | Admission as Emergency n (%) * | Scheduled Admission n (%) * | Rehospitalisations (within 2017) n (%) | Mortality n (%) | Median Length of Stay in Days (IQR) | Median Elixhauser Index Score (IQR) | |
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Cases of PAH for ACSC in Switzerland | 46,479 (100%a) | 21,763 (46.8% a) | 13,040 (28,1% a) | 36,353 (78.2% a) | 10,016 (21.5% a) | 13,952 (30.0% a) | 1912 (4.1% a) | 6 (2–10) | 4.5 (4.0–5.0) |
Angina Pectoris | 5707 (12.3%a) | 4135 (72.4% b) | 947 (16.6% b) | 2436 (42.7% b) | 3267 (57.2% b) | 1486 (26.0% b) | 40 (0.7% b) | 2 (1–3) | 4.0 (4.0–5.0) |
Congestive Heart Failure | 17,514 (37.7%a) | 7506 (42.9% b) | 4880 (27.9% b) | 15,472 (88.3% b) | 1975 (11.3% b) | 5506 (31.4% b) | 1379 (7.9% b) | 8 (5–13) | 5.0 (4.0–5.0) |
COPD | 13,313 (28.6%a) | 5525 (41.5% b) | 4066 (30.5% b) | 10,815 (81.2% b) | 2473 (18.6% b) | 4253 (31.9% b) | 407 (3.1% b) | 6 (3–9) | 4.5 (4.0–5.0) |
Diabetes Complications | 6140 (13.2%a) | 3354 (54.6% b) | 1513 (24.6% b) | 4332 (70.5% b) | 1796 (29.2% b) | 1900 (30.9% b) | 80 (1.3% b) | 7 (3–11) | 4,5 (4.0–5.0) |
Hypertension | 3805 (8.2%a) | 1243 (32.7% b) | 1634 (42.9% b) | 3298 (86.7% b) | 505 (13.3% b) | 807 (21.2% b) | 6 (0.2% b) | 2 (1–5) | 5.0 (4.0–5,0) |