Table 1 Patient characteristics, administrative and biochemical information for included patients, stratified by total contact length and nonspecific or disease-specific discharge diagnosis
Short hospital course | Lengthier hospital course | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonspecific diagnoses n = 47,308 (50.7%) | Disease-specific diagnoses n = 45,993 (49.3%) | Nonspecific diagnoses n = 25,642 (25.9%) | Disease-specific diagnoses n = 73,242 (74.1%) | ||
Age | Median (Q1-Q3) | 56.0 (38.0–72.0) | 56.0 (39.0–72.0) | 66.0 (47.0–78.0) | 69.0 (53.0–79.0) |
Sex | Female | 54.2% | 50.5% | 52.5% | 49.1% |
M3 Score | 0 | 36.9% | 36.9% | 26.9% | 23.1% |
0 to < 1 | 46.2% | 45.2% | 47.6% | 46.1% | |
1 to < 2 | 12.0% | 12.7% | 17.2% | 20.7% | |
≥ 2 | 4.9% | 5.2% | 8.3% | 10.1% | |
Educational level | Missing or no primary education | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.2% |
Primary or lower secondary (ISCED 0–2) | 32.1% | 31.4% | 36.2% | 36.7% | |
Upper secondary or post-secondary, non-tertiary (ISCED 3–4) | 40.3% | 40.7% | 39.9% | 40.1% | |
Short-cycle tertiary or above (ISCED 5–8) | 25.7% | 26.0% | 21.9% | 21.0% | |
Source of income | Active employment or student | 49.5% | 49.7% | 35.7% | 30.8% |
Unemployed, sick leave, absence allowance etc. | 9.6% | 9.5% | 8.2% | 7.1% | |
Disability pensioner | 7.5% | 7.1% | 8.2% | 7.9% | |
Old age pensioner and early retirement benefit | 33.5% | 33.6% | 47.9% | 54.1% | |
Civil status | Married | 44.4% | 43.9% | 44.2% | 44.7% |
Unmarried | 30.1% | 30.5% | 23.2% | 20.7% | |
Divorced | 15.5% | 15.7% | 16.7% | 16.8% | |
Widowed | 10.0% | 9.9% | 16.0% | 17.8% | |
Co-habitation | Single, living alone | 33.0% | 33.4% | 38.6% | 40.9% |
Single, living with at least one other person | 9.5% | 10.1% | 7.3% | 6.9% | |
Couples, living with at least one other person | 57.5% | 56.5% | 54.1% | 52.1% | |
Origin | Danish origin | 83.3% | 84.6% | 88.9% | 91.0% |
Western origin: Immigrant or descendant of immigrants | 4.3% | 4.2% | 3.4% | 3.3% | |
Non-western origin: Immigrant or descendant | 12.4% | 11.2% | 7.7% | 5.7% | |
Length-of-stay | Median (Q1-Q3) | 5.2 (4.0-7.1) | 5.1 (3.9–7.1) | 25.2 (18.1–49.5) | 50.9 (24.7–96.0) |
Laboratory results | No or few (< 4) blood tests | 23.2% | 32.0% | 8.7% | 8.3% |
Blood tests, 0–1 abnormal result | 34.6% | 23.0% | 29.4% | 15.8% | |
Blood tests, 2–3 abnormal results | 28.8% | 27.4% | 33.6% | 30.8% | |
Blood tests, 4 + abnormal results | 13.5% | 17.7% | 28.3% | 45.1% | |