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Table 1 Patient’s clinical characteristics and outcomes of the intervention of all patients admitted to HaH

From: Five years of Hospital at Home adoption in Catalonia: impact, challenges, and proposals for quality assurance

 

HaH = 31,901

Demographics & baseline use of resources

Age, mean (sd)a

73.11 (16.73)

Gender; n (%)a

  Male

15,214 (47.69)

  Female

16,687 (52.31)

AMG, mean (sd)a

29.51 (16.48)

 AMG category, n (%)

  Very low risk< P50

266 (0.83)

  Low risk [P50-P80)

1,769 (5.55)

  Moderate risk [P80-P95)

4,723 (14.81)

  High risk [P95-P99)

5,476 (17.17)

  Very high risk ≥P99

19,667 (61.64)

Patients with HRSN associated to housing and economic conditions, n (%)a

5,063 (15.86)

Patients with HRSN associated to family and social environment, n (%)a

9,903 (31.03)

Patients receiving palliative care, n (%)

1,437 (4.5)

Patients requiring hospital admissions within the 12 months before the admission, n (%)a

15,957 (50.16)

Patients requiring emergency room visits within the 12 months before the admission, n (%)a

25,812 (81.14)

Total Expenditure in € within the 12 months before the admission, median (P25-P75)a

4,153.4 (1,695.8 - 8424.6)

Hospitalization episode

LoS, mean (sd)

8.47 (6.34)

Patients requiring in-hospital all-cause readmissions, n (%)

1,706 (5.35)

Patients requiring emergency room visits without in-hospital readmission, n (%)

1,339 (4.20)

Mortality, n (%)

103 (0.32)

Queralt Index, mean (sd)

28.34 (16.24)

Case Mix Index

0.66

Health outcomes 30 days after discharge

Mortality, n (%)

1,383 (4.35)

Patients requiring hospital admissions, n (%)

3,327 (10.42)

Patients requiring emergency room visits, n (%)

6,136 (19.29)

Total Expenditure in €, median (P25-P75)

279.1 (119.3 - 758.7)

  1. AMG stands for Adjusted Morbidity Groups, HRSN for health-related social needs and LoS for length of stay
  2. aMatching variables