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Table 1 ACSCs in people living with dementia in Victoria (2015/2016)

From: Identifying patterns of potentially preventable hospitalisations in people living with dementia

 

N

%

% of ACSCs

Mean bed days (SD)

Non-ACSCs

4272

52.38

–

8.26 (11.99)

ACSCs

3884

47.62

–

9.74 (10.83)

Chronic

2186

26.80

56.28

9.68 (10.60)

 Asthma

9

0.11

0.23

9.78 (9.86)

 Congestive cardiac failure

322

3.95

8.29

9.81 (9.54

 Diabetes complications

811

9.94

20.88

8.58 (9.92)

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

337

4.13

8.68

8.28 (10.23)

 Bronchiectasis

10

0.12

0.26

12.8 (20.69)

 Angina

25

0.31

0.64

5.68 (7.56)

 Iron deficiency anaemia

112

1.37

2.88

8.16 (6.10)

 Hypertension

463

5.68

11.92

12.38 (12.59)

 Nutritional deficiencies

88

1.08

2.27

12.52 (10.11)

 Rheumatic heart diseases

9

0.11

0.23

16.89 (17.34)

Acute

1653

20.27

42.56

9.76 (10.82)

 Pneumonia (not vaccine-preventable)

< 5

0.05

0.10

5 (2)

 Urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis

1207

14.80

31.08

9.25 (9.55)

 Perforated/bleeding ulcer

19

0.23

0.49

10.63 (8.57)

 Cellulitis

207

2.54

5.33

10.95 (11.09)

 Pelvic inflammatory disease

< 5

0.01

0.03

8 (n/a)

 Ear, nose and throat infections

27

0.33

0.70

12.56 (34.52)

 Dental conditions

23

0.28

0.59

11.52 (10.23)

 Convulsions and epilepsy

119

1.46

3.06

10.00 (9.70)

 Eclampsia

0

0

0

0

 Gangrene

46

0.56

1.18

14.78 (14.99)

Vaccine preventable

45

0.55

1.16

11.84 (11.99)

 Pneumonia and influenza (vaccine-preventable)

23

0.28

0.59

8.26 (5.80)

 Other vaccine-preventable conditions

22

0.27

0.57

15.59 (26.42)

  1. ACSCs Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions