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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for patients with and without GP visits within 14 days post-discharge

From: Comparisons of readmissions and mortality based on post-discharge ambulatory follow-up services received by stroke patients discharged home: a register-based study

 

No GP within 14 days (n = 1899)

GP within 14 days (n = 1161)

 

Variable

Mean, IQR (%)

p-value

ICD-10,%

 I60

3.6

4.2

0.15

 I61

9.6

7.3

 

 I63

82.8

84.4

 

 I64

4.0

4.1

 

LOS stroke

14.3 (12)

9.7 (7)

< 0.001

Male,%

55.8

57.4

0.39

Age

69.3 (20)

67.1 (20)

< 0.001

LOS previous year

0.6 (0)

0.4 (0)

0.22

Comorbidities

0.2 (0)

0.2 (0)

0.18

% with ADL score > 0

25.7

11.2

< 0.001

ADL score

7.3 (17)

2.7 (0)

< 0.001

Disability pension,%

26.9

27.9

0.55

Income,c%

  < €20,000

21.7

17.6

< 0.01

 €20,000-31,000

24.3

23.6

 

 €31,000-41,000

21.8

21.8

 

  > €41,000

32.2

37.0

 

Education,%

 Primary

25.1

25.2

0.95

 Secondary

40.9

41.2

 

 Tertiary

30.6

31.7

 

Within 365 days,a%

 Home nursing

37.1

10.0

< 0.001

Within 14–365 days,a%

 Long-term care

3.2

1.0

< 0.001

 Readmitted

13.2

11.8

0.30

 Dead

7.6

4.5

< 0.01

Within 14–90 days,b%

 Readmitted

5.6

5.0

0.49

 Dead

1.8

1.3

0.29

  1. LOS Length of stay, GP General practitioner, IQR Interquartile range for continuous variables
  2. aData period 01.01.2009–31.12.2013
  3. bData period 01.01.2009–30.09.2014
  4. c€1 = NOK9.75