Table 2 Number of days delay associated with patient age and care of the elderly referral for community hospital placement in the acute admissions group
From: Delay in discharge and its impact on unnecessary hospital bed occupancy
Age | Discharge arrang | Care of elderly ref | Other specialist ref | Invest & therapy | Team errors | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age less than 65 | Mean days | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.27 |
N = 30 | Std. Deviation | 0.305 | 0.000 | 0.365 | 0.548 | 0.000 | 0.691 |
(43.4%) | Sum | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8(3.5%) |
Age 65 & over | Mean days | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 2.25 |
No COTE referral | Std. Deviation | 0.806 | 0.000 | 0.342 | 1.880 | 0.000 | 1.528 |
N = 16 | Sum | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 36(15.5%) |
(23.1%) | |||||||
Age 65 & over | Mean days | 4.00 | 3.83 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 8.17 |
COTE referral | Std. Deviation | 5.916 | 5.015 | 0.000 | 1.191 | 0.000 | 7.947 |
N = 23 | Sum | 92 | 88 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 188(81%) |
(33.3%) | |||||||
Total | Mean days | 1.46 | 1.28 | 0.06 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 3.36 |
N = 69 | Std. Deviation | 3.845 | 3.382 | 0.291 | 1.345 | 0.000 | 5.788 |
Sum | 101 | 88 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 232(85%) |