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Distribution of length of stay predictors by socioeconomic status measure among study sample (n = 434) § |
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| Individual-level financial hardship |
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| Characteristic |
Income assistance or provincial disability pension (n = 148) n (%) |
No income assistance or provincial disability pension (n = 286) n (%) |
p-value |
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| Mean Age, +/- SD |
43.9, +/- 11.9 |
45.7, +/- 13.0 |
NS |
| Male |
93 (63) |
152 (53) |
0.05 |
| Mean PSI, +/- SD |
75.5, +/- 37.4 |
68.1, +/- 31.8 |
<0.05 |
| Co-morbid Dx >1 |
8 (5) |
7 (2) |
NS |
| Documented ADL problem |
11 (7) |
8 (3) |
<0.05 |
| Living alone |
61 (41) |
46 (16) |
<0.001 |
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| Neighbourhood-level income quintile |
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| Quintile 1 (n = 183) |
Quintiles 2–5 (n = 227) |
p-value |
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| Mean Age, +/- SD |
44.7, +/- 12.9 |
45.6, +/- 12.6 |
NS |
| Male |
102 (56) |
129 (57) |
NS |
| Mean PSI, +/- SD |
73.9, +/- 35.8 |
68.1, +/- 32.4 |
NS |
| Co-morbid Dx > 1 |
7 (4) |
8 (4) |
NS |
| Documented ADL problem |
10 (5) |
8 (4) |
NS |
| Living alone |
40 (22) |
53 (23) |
NS |
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§ Adult pneumonia admissions <65 years to Vancouver General Hospital, January 1, 1990 to March 31, 2001 SD = standard deviation; NS = not significant; PSI = pneumonia severity index; Co-morbid Dx = co-morbidity diagnoses; ADL = activities of daily living | |||
McGregor et al. BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:152 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-152 |
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