Characteristics of patients admitted from long-term care facilities, stratified by duration of admission
| Characteristic | No. (%) of admissions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All admissions n = 21 948 | Admissions for patients with LOS ≤ 72 h n = 5297 | Admissions for patients with LOS > 72 h n = 16 651 | SMD | |
| Length of stay, d, median (IQR) | 5.75 (3.12–10.80) | 1.88 (1.23–2.57) | 7.62 (4.90–13.34) | 0.625 |
| IV medication | 19 332 (88.1) | 4300 (81.2) | 15 032 (90.3) | 0.262 |
| Laboratory testing | 21 933 (99.9) | 5284 (99.8) | 16 649 (100.0) | 0.065 |
| Diagnostic imaging | ||||
| Any plain radiography | 20 332 (92.6) | 4604 (86.9) | 15 728 (94.5) | 0.262 |
| Any CT | 11 571 (52.7) | 2197 (41.5) | 9374 (56.3) | 0.300 |
| Any ultrasonography | 5794 (26.4) | 642 (12.1) | 5152 (30.9) | 0.470 |
| Any MRI | 920 (4.2) | 46 (0.9) | 874 (5.2) | 0.256 |
| Any interventional radiology | 1716 (7.8) | 90 (1.7) | 1626 (9.8) | 0.352 |
| RBC transfusion | 1707 (7.8) | 233 (4.4) | 1474 (8.9) | 0.180 |
| Endoscopy | 1234 (5.6) | 164 (3.1) | 1070 (6.4) | 0.157 |
| ICU admission | 1605 (7.3) | 131 (2.5) | 1474 (8.9) | 0.279 |
| Death | 2710 (12.3) | 772 (14.6) | 1938 (11.6) | 0.087 |
| Readmission to GIM in 30 d | 2698 (14.1) | 578 (12.8) | 2120 (14.5) | 0.048 |
Note: CT = computed tomography, GIM = general internal medicine service, ICU = intensive care unit, IQR = interquartile range, IV = intravenous, LOS = length of stay, MRI = magnetic resonance imaging, RBC = red blood cell, SMD = standardized mean difference.
* Unless indicated otherwise.