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Table 2 Characteristics of the sample by ACSCs and non-ACSCs

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

 

Total (N = 8156)a

Non-ACSCs (N = 4272)

ACSCs (N = 3884)

p-valueb

Sex, N (%)

 Male

3432 (42.08)

1785 (41.78)

1647 (42.40)

0.570

 Female

4724 (57.92)

2487 (58.22)

2237 (57.92)

Age groups, N (%)

 50-84

3666 (44.95)

1905 (44.59)

1761 (45.34)

0.498

 85+

4490 (55.05)

2367 (55.41)

2123 (54.66)

Marital status, N (%)

 Never married/ widowed/ divorced/ separated

4330 (53.09)

2285 (53.49)

2045 (52.65)

0.368

 Married/de facto

3636 (44.58)

1882 (44.05)

1754 (45.16)

Indigenous status

 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander

9 (0.11)

6 (0.14)

3 (0.008)

0.512

 Neither aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander

8075 (99.89)

4229 (99.86)

3846 (99.92)

English preferred language, N (%)

 Yes

6209 (76.13)

3337 (78.11)

2872 (73.94)

≤0.001

 No

1947 (23.87)

935 (21.89)

1012 (26.06)

Interpreter required, N (%)

 Yes

1055 (13.48)

470 (11.53)

585 (15.59)

≤0.001

 No

6770 (86.47)

3604 (88.42)

3166 (84.36)

Hospital region, N (%)

 Metropolitan

6093 (74.71)

3195 (74.61)

2898 (74.61)

0.855

 Rural

2063 (25.29)

1077 (25.21)

986 (25.39)

Admission source, N (%)

 Private residence/accommodation

7608 (93.28)

3976 (93.07)

3632 (93.51)

0.427

 Aged care residential facility/ Care bed based program/ Mental health residential facility

548 (6.72)

296 (6.93)

252 (6.49)

Bed days, mean (SD)

8.97 (11.48)

8.26 (12.00)

9.74 (10.83)

≤0.001

Length of stay type, N (%)

 Multi-day

6972 (85.48)

3452 (80.81)

3520 (90.63)

≤0.001

 Same-day

677 (8.30)

432 (10.11)

245 (6.31)

 Overnight

507 (6.22)

388 (9.08)

119 (3.06)

  1. ACSCs Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
  2. aSome numbers do not add-up to the total number because of missing values, patients refused to answer or question unable to be asked
  3. bP-value based on chi-square test for categorical variables, Fisher’s exact test for variables with small samples, and t-test for continuous variables of the two groups