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Association between score categories and hospital use. |
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| Score |
Patients discharged to a PAC facility |
LOS in days |
Inappropriate hospital days |
Inappropriate hospital days due to discharge delays |
| n (%) |
(mean ± SD) |
(mean ± SD) |
(mean ± SD) |
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| a. Derivation cohort (n = 299) |
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| Less than 8 points n = 141 (47%) |
12 (9%) |
11.4 (± 6.6) |
2.8(± 3.5) |
0.2 (± 1.1) |
| 8 to 15 points n = 108 (36%) |
43 (40%) |
12.6 (± 6.2) |
3.6 (± 4.1) |
1.5 (± 2.9) |
| 16 points and more n = 50 (17%) |
40 (80%) |
14.5 (± 7.0) |
4.8 (± 4.8) |
3.6 (± 3.6) |
| P |
<0.001* |
0.005† |
0.03† |
<0.001† |
| b. Prospective validation cohort (n = 161) |
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| Less than 8 points n = 58 (36%) |
7 (12%) |
8.6 (± 5.9) |
3.0 (± 3.7) |
0.7 (± 2.3) |
| 8 to 15 points n = 59 (37%) |
24 (41%) |
12.6 (± 7.2) |
5.0 (± 5.5) |
2.6 (± 4.6) |
| 16 points and more n = 44 (27%) |
27 (61%) |
14.1 (± 9.7) |
5.3 (± 6.5) |
3.5 (± 5.6) |
| P |
< 0.001* |
<0.001† |
0.08† |
<0.001† |
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* Fisher's exact test; † Kruskal-Wallis test | ||||
Louis Simonet et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:154 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-154 |
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