Admissions, no. (%) | 107 345 (17.3) | 513 311 (82.7) | - | - |
Sex, no. (%) |
Female | 56 568 (52.7) | 270 672 (52.7) | 0.1 | 1.3 |
Age, yr |
Mean | 73.3 | 73.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
Morbidity, no. (%) |
Low-moderate | 19 136 (17.8) | 86 812 (16.9) | 2.4 | 0.0 |
High | 30 677 (28.6) | 143 285 (27.9) | 1.5 | 0.2 |
Very high | 57 532 (53.6) | 283 214 (55.2) | 3.2 | 0.2 |
Admission cost, Can$* |
Mean | 5656 | 5656 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
Length of hospital stay, d |
Mean | 7.2 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
Time since enrolment with primary care physician, yr |
Mean | 2.5 | 2.5 | 16.2 | 0.3 |
Year of index admission, no. (%) |
2002-2003 | 9524 (8.9) | 81 184 (15.8) | 21.2 | 1.1 |
2004 | 19 088 (17.8) | 103 224 (20.1) | 5.9 | 2.2 |
2005 | 21 317 (19.9) | 105 660 (20.6) | 1.8 | 1.3 |
2006 | 19 210 (17.9) | 95 528 (18.6) | 1.9 | 0.8 |
2007 | 18 556 (17.3) | 94 428 (18.4) | 2.9 | 2.8 |
2008-2009 | 19 650 (18.3) | 33 287 (6.5) | 31.0 | 0.4 |
Material deprivation quintile, % |
1 (low) | 11 166 (10.4) | 71 791 (14.0) | 11.0 | 0.1 |
2 | 17 142 (16.0) | 83 240 (16.2) | 0.7 | 0.2 |
3 | 22 266 (20.7) | 99 303 (19.4) | 3.5 | 1.1 |
4 | 25 249 (23.5) | 107 648 (21.0) | 6.1 | 0.1 |
5 (high) | 23 418 (21.8) | 116 428 (22.7) | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Missing | 8 104 (7.6) | 34 901 (6.8) | 2.9 | 1.7 |
Geographical region, % |
Urban/university | 24 461 (22.8) | 184 971 (36.0) | 29.4 | 1.8 |
Suburban | 45 359 (42.3) | 197 775 (38.5) | 7.6 | 0.5 |
Intermediate | 30 301 (28.2) | 100 593 (19.6) | 20.3 | 0.4 |
Rural | 7 014 (6.5) | 28 277 (5.5) | 4.3 | 1.8 |
Missing | 210 (0.2) | 1 695 (0.3) | 2.6 | 0.3 |