Characteristic | Selected medical diagnoses | ||
---|---|---|---|
Heart failure | AMI | Stroke | |
*Readmissions were unplanned to the same hospital; readmissions for the same principal diagnosis for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) included all ischaemic heart disease (ICD10 codes I20–I25). | |||
Total cohort (no of discharges) | 5745 | 3427 | 2955 |
Women (%) | 47.9 | 36.8 | 48.4 |
Mean (SD) age (years) | 75.1 (10.3) | 68.8 (12.8) | 74.3 (10.9) |
30 day in-hospital mortality rate (%) | 8.0 | 12.9 | 20.8 |
Length of stay | |||
Median (days) | 5 | 6 | 8 |
90th percentile (days) | 14 | 12 | 19 |
30 day readmission rate* | |||
All causes (%) | 28.1 | 17.9 | 12.0 |
Same principal diagnosis (%) | 11.4 | 12.8 | 3.1 |