Hospital course characteristics among patients discharged from the Mobile Acute Care for the Elderly service from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
| Overall (n=514) | Patient-clinical team discharge disposition | p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agreement (n=472) | Disagreement (n=42) | |||
| Admission Source (%) | 0.77 | |||
| Emergency department | 75.7 | 75.9 | 73.8 | |
| Non-acute healthcare facility or ambulatory care centre | 24.3 | 24.2 | 26.2 | |
| Discharge diagnosis (%) | 0.69 | |||
| Acute infectious process | 23.2 | 22.9 | 26.2 | |
| Cardiovascular or circulatory disease | 19.3 | 19.9 | 11.9 | |
| Endocrinologic disease | 3.5 | 3.2 | 7.1 | |
| Gastrointestinal disease | 9.7 | 10.0 | 7.1 | |
| Pulmonary disease | 10.5 | 10.8 | 7.1 | |
| Renal disease or fluid imbalance | 8.2 | 7.8 | 11.9 | |
| Trauma, fracture or other musculoskeletal | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.5 | |
| Other | 16.3 | 16.1 | 19.1 | |
| Mean length of stay (SD) (days) | 5.5 (5.7) | 5.4 (5.8) | 7.1 (4.2) | 0.07 |
| Discharge disposition (%) | 0.02 | |||
| Home | 77.4 | 79.0 | 59.5 | |
| Assisted living or long-term care facility | 6.4 | 6.1 | 9.5 | |
| Acute or subacute rehabilitation facility | 16.2 | 14.8 | 31.0 | |
| Advancement in home-health-aid services at discharge (%) | 0.05 | |||
| Yes | 21.0 | 19.9 | 33.3 | |
| No | 79.0 | 80.1 | 66.7 | |
| Re-admitted at 30 days (%) | 0.71 | |||
| Yes | 30.7 | 30.5 | 33.3 | |
| No | 69.3 | 69.5 | 66.7 | |
Column percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.