Table 1 Demographics, hospitalization information, overall quality of care received and overall inpatient experience of matched patients and their readmission patterns
Patients having an admission episode in the next calendar month following the survey through… | |||||||
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Number of respondents | Any department | Readmission through A&E department | Readmission through referral from Outpatient department | ||||
Variable | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | Number | (%) | |
Gender | |||||||
Male | 919 | 230 | (25.0) | 88 | (9.6) | 159 | (17.3) |
Female | 827 | 186 | (22.5) | 57 | (6.9) | 132 | (16.0) |
Age | |||||||
45–54 | 368 | 84 | (22.8) | 15 | (4.1) | 70 | (19.0) |
55–64 | 504 | 129 | (25.6) | 37 | (7.3) | 100 | (19.8) |
65–74 | 382 | 79 | (20.7) | 28 | (7.3) | 56 | (14.7) |
75+ | 492 | 124 | (25.2) | 65 | (13.2) | 65 | (13.2) |
Length of stay | |||||||
1–3 days | 877 | 164 | (18.7) | 53 | (6.0) | 116 | (13.2) |
4–7 days | 479 | 130 | (27.1) | 42 | (8.8) | 95 | (19.8) |
7 + day | 390 | 122 | (31.3) | 50 | (12.8) | 80 | (20.5) |
CSSA a | |||||||
No | 1525 | 357 | (23.4) | 119 | (7.8) | 256 | (16.8) |
Yes | 221 | 59 | (26.7) | 26 | (11.8) | 35 | (15.8) |
Discharge specialty | |||||||
Medicineb | 661 | 174 | (26.3) | 74 | (11.2) | 113 | (17.1) |
Surgery | 421 | 105 | (24.9) | 34 | (8.1) | 74 | (17.6) |
Oncology | 85 | 55 | (64.7) | 8 | (9.4) | 47 | (55.3) |
Othersc | 579 | 82 | (14.2) | 29 | (5.0) | 57 | (9.8) |
Overall quality of care received | |||||||
“Excellent/Very Good” / “Good” | 1353 | 331 | (24.5) | 107 | (7.9) | 243 | (18.0) |
“Fair” / “Poor” / “Very poor” | 393 | 85 | (21.6) | 38 | (9.7) | 48 | (12.2) |
Overall inpatient experience | |||||||
Higher than or equal 8 | 1303 | 316 | (24.3) | 105 | (8.1) | 230 | (17.7) |
Lower than 8 | 443 | 100 | (22.6) | 40 | (9.0) | 61 | (13.8) |