| Age in years (SD) | 79 (8) |
| Female gender (%) | 91 (61) |
| Length of stay in days (SD) | 20 (17) |
| Patients transferred from a tertiary hospital—no. (%) | 115 (77) |
| Reason for admission was related to one of the study medical conditions—no. (%) | 90 (60) |
| Preadmission residence status—no. (%) | |
| Independent living | 102 (68) |
| Assisted living | 37 (25) |
| Extended care | 11 (7) |
| Posthospitalisation disposition—no. (%) | |
| Independent living | 53 (35) |
| Assisted living | 39 (26) |
| Extended care | 58 (39) |
| Smoking history—no. (%) | |
| Non-smoker | 52 (35) |
| Smoker | 12 (8) |
| Ex-smoker | 27 (18) |
| Unknown | 59 (39) |
| Mean Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics Severity Index (SD) | 8 (2) |
| Karnofsky performance score—no. (%) | |
| 0–40 | 35 (23) |
| 50–70 | 101 (67) |
| 80–100 | 14 (9) |
| CHADS2 score (SD) | 3.3 (1.2) |