Patient | n | 208 |
Female (%) | 43.8 | |
White (%) | 60.2 | |
African-American (%) | 27.7 | |
Age (mean years (SD)) | 77.2 (12.7) | |
Duration of nursing-home residence (median months (range)) | 7.2 (0 to 165) | |
Comorbidity score23 (median (range)) | 4 (0 to 15) | |
Dementia (%) | 46.63 | |
Hospital stay | n* | 304 |
VA setting (%) | 41.8 | |
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score24 (mean (SD)) | 5.2 (3.9) | |
Length of stay (median days (range)) | 7 (1 to 296) | |
Urinary-tract infection (%) | 18.1 | |
Pneumonia (%) | 20.7 | |
Congestive heart failure (%) | 9.5 | |
Dehydration (%) | 13.8 | |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (%) | 4.9 | |
Off-hours admission (%) | 55.6 |
*More than one hospital stay was allowed per patient.