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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, N = 53 hospitals

From: To what degree can variations in readmission rates be explained on the level of the hospital? a multilevel study using a large Dutch database.

Variable

5th percentile

Median

95th percentile

admissions (N)

23,168

41,770

86,151

readmissions (N)

2236

4262

9182

% readmissions

8.68

10.16

11.89

mean age

45.33

51.28

54.84

% women

45.85

50.61

53.43

% acutea admissions

41.73

55.61

67.58

% acutea readmissions

49.20

68.87

78.12

mean number of comorbidities

0.06

0.22

0.44

  1. aIn the LMR an admission is registered ‘acute’ if care is needed within 24 h