Table 5 Distribution of severe disease companion index at the time of initial transfer and re-transfer of elderly patients from LTCH to the emergency department within 48 h
From: Elderly patients re-transferred from long-term care hospitals to emergency departments within 48 h
Number of Severe Disease | Initial transferred | Re-transferred | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases % | Cases % | ||||
Number of severe diseases | < 0.0001 | ||||
0 | 383 | 56.4 | 274 | 40.4 | |
1 | 250 | 36.8 | 268 | 39.5 | |
2 | 34 | 5.0 | 92 | 13.5 | |
More 3 | 12 | 1.8 | 45 | 6.6 | |
Charlson’s comorbidity index (mean, std; (unit)) | 0.9 ± 1.3 | 1.4 ± 1.6 | < 0.0001 | ||