Patient outcomes and resource use for patients not admitted to the intensive care unit, stratified by Hospital Frailty Risk Score category
| Variable | Hospital Frailty Risk Score category; no. (%) of patients* | p value† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High n = 1667 | Moderate n = 8898 | Low n = 10 157 | ||
| Hospital length of stay, d, median (IQR) | 7.03 (3.56–14.86) | 6.63 (3.42–13.55) | 5.77 (2.86–11.31) | < 0.001 |
| Discharge disposition | ||||
| Death | 386 (23.2) | 1850 (20.8) | 1789 (17.6) | < 0.001 |
| Inpatient chronic care‡ | 479 (28.7) | 1968 (22.1) | 1312 (12.9) | < 0.001 |
| Inpatient rehabilitation facility | 78 (4.7) | 446 (5.0) | 515 (5.1) | 0.8 |
| Acute care institution | 67 (4.0) | 386 (4.3) | 414 (4.1) | 0.6 |
| Home | 630 (37.8) | 4125 (46.4) | 6010 (59.2) | < 0.001 |
| Other§ | 27 (1.6) | 123 (1.4) | 117 (1.2) | 0.2 |
| Endoscopy | 63 (3.8) | 497 (5.6) | 864 (8.5) | < 0.001 |
| Dialysis | 10 (0.6) | 150 (1.7) | 169 (1.7) | 0.003 |
| Interventional procedures | 98 (5.9) | 663 (7.5) | 775 (7.6) | 0.04 |
| Imaging | ||||
| Computed tomography | 922 (55.3) | 4869 (54.7) | 5052 (49.7) | < 0.001 |
| Magnetic resonance imaging | 65 (3.9) | 543 (6.1) | 667 (6.6) | < 0.001 |
| Ultrasonography | 406 (24.4) | 2253 (25.3) | 2540 (25.0) | 0.7 |
Note: IQR = interquartile range.
↵* Except where noted otherwise.
↵† Comparing differences across all groups.
↵‡ Nursing home or complex continuing care institution.
↵§ Includes ambulatory care, acute detoxification centre, mental health unit, Ministry of Health internally used classification, health care service organization (family health organization) and addiction treatment centre.