Ontario (N=547) | New York (N=1361) | P value | |
Length of stay, mean (SD) | 32.6 (17.9) | 36.3 (23.4) | <0.001 |
Discharge disposition | |||
Died in-hospital, number (%) | 17 (3.1) | 87 (6.4) | 0.01 |
Home, number (%) | 486 (88.8) | 1231 (90.4)* | 0.29 |
Transfer to another acute care hospital, number (%) | 33 (6.0) | 2 (0.1) | <0.001 |
Post acute care, (%) | 11 (2.0) | 40 (2.9) | 0.26 |
Readmission | |||
30-day hospital readmission, number (%) | 140 (26.4) | 393 (30.8) | 0.06 |
180-day hospital readmission, number (%) | 303 (57.2) | 784 (61.5) | 0.08 |
Number of readmissions per patient at 180 days, mean (SD) | 1.8 (1.2) | 1.4 (1.7) | <0.001 |
*1 patient in New York was discharged to ‘other’ location.