Percentage of al respondents | Time between discharge and posting the questionnaire | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤ 1 week (n= 1,977) |
1-2 weeks (n= 4,810) |
2-3 weeks (n= 3,290) |
> 3 weeks (n= 640) | |||
Gender (%) | ||||||
Male | 46.7 | 44.6 | 46.7 | 47.1 | 51.6 | |
Female | 53.3 | 55.4 | 53.3 | 52.9 | 48.4 | |
p a | * | |||||
Age, mean (years) | 60.9 | 60.9 | 60.9 | 60.9 | 60.3 | |
p a | ns | |||||
Education (%) | ||||||
Primary school and lower secondary school | 34.0 | 34.1 | 34.4 | 33.5 | 33.2 | |
Upper secondary school | 38.9 | 38.8 | 38.2 | 39.8 | 40.7 | |
University/college for < 4 years | 18.3 | 19.1 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 17.8 | |
University/college for ≥ 4 years | 8.7 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 8.3 | |
p a | ns | |||||
Self-perceived health (%) | ||||||
Excellent | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.2 | |
Very good | 16.2 | 15.6 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 13.8 | |
Good | 33.5 | 33.0 | 34.5 | 33.3 | 28.6 | |
Fairly good | 31.3 | 31.8 | 30.1 | 31.8 | 35.6 | |
Poor | 13.8 | 14.8 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 16.7 | |
p a | * | |||||
Admission type (%) | ||||||
Emergency | 50.5 | 50.5 | 51.0 | 49.5 | 51.6 | |
Routine | 49.5 | 49.5 | 49.0 | 50.5 | 48.4 | |
p a | ns | |||||
Number of admissions in the previous 2 years (%) | ||||||
1 | 46.9 | 44.7 | 48.5 | 46.5 | 42.6 | |
2 | 25.4 | 26.2 | 24.8 | 25.7 | 26.8 | |
3-5 | 21.2 | 22.3 | 21.0 | 20.4 | 24.2 | |
6-10 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 | |
> 10 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | |
p a | * |