Patients, n (%)
|
1,409 (1.8)
|
77,981 (98.2)
|
Age, median (IQR)
|
77 (68 to 83)
|
74 (61 to 82)
|
Female, n (%)
|
894 (63.5)
|
30,489 (39.1)
|
Indigenous,b
n (%)
|
6 (2.0)
|
556 (3.7)
|
Married/de facto,b
n (%)
|
137 (46.3)
|
9,007 (59.5)
|
High accessibility to services,c,d
n (%)
|
1,232 (87.8)
|
67,550 (87.1)
|
Lowest quartile of SEIFA-IRSD, n (%)
|
190 (13.5)
|
11,102 (14.3)
|
Elective admission,e
n (%)
|
213 (19.1)
|
10,923 (17.4)
|
Public hospital admission,e
n (%)
|
709 (63.7)
|
41,965 (66.8)
|
Comorbidities at index admission, n (%)
|
|
Hypertension
|
579 (41.1)
|
34,687 (44.5)
|
|
Arrhythmia
|
437 (31.0)
|
22,202 (28.5)
|
|
Congestive heart failure
|
511 (36.3)
|
20,955 (26.9)
|
|
Smoker
|
168 (11.9)
|
15,816 (20.3)
|
|
Hypercholesterolaemia
|
143 (10.2)
|
12,750 (16.4)
|
|
Diabetes
|
300 (21.3)
|
16,183 (20.7)
|
|
Renal disease
|
284 (20.2)
|
9,649 (12.4)
|
|
Pulmonary disease
|
161 (11.4)
|
5,927 (7.6)
|
|
Cerebrovascular accident
|
103 (7.3)
|
4,227 (5.4)
|
|
Cancer
|
67 (4.7)
|
4,781 (6.1)
|
|
Obesity
|
47 (3.3)
|
3119 (4.0)
|
|
Paraplegia
|
51 (3.6)
|
2,262 (2.9)
|
|
Peripheral vascular disease
|
40 (2.8)
|
1,754 (2.3)
|
|
Dementia
|
28 (2.0)
|
1,326 (1.7)
|
|
Peptic ulcer disease
|
34 (2.4)
|
871 (1.1)
|
|
Liver disease
|
16 (1.2)
|
443 (0.6)
|
|
HIV
|
1 (<0.1)
|
30 (<0.1)
|