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) |