Table 2: Admission characteristics before and post-discharge for the Hospital Utilization and the Ward cohort.

Before Post-discharge P-Value
ER/Ward cohort (n=210)
ER/DH/Ward
30 days, n (%)
1 57 (27.1) 43 (20.5) 0.104
2 3 (1.4) 10 (4.8) 0.092
3+ 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 1.000
90 days, n (%)
1 75 (35.7) 49 (23.3) 0.008
2 20 (9.5) 23 (11.0) 0.612
3+ 7 (3.3) 11 (5.2) 0.346
1 years, n (%)
1 105 (50.0) 47 (22.4) <0.001
2 51 (24.3) 45 (21.4) 0.473
3+ 54 (25.7) 61 (29.0) 0.370
Admission frequency (per patient per year), mean (SD)* 2.06 (1.53) 1.92 (1.94) 0.316
Ward cohort (n=118)
DH/Ward readmission
30 days, n (%)
1 17 (14.4) 21 (17.8) 0.493
2 0 (0.0) 3 (2.5) -
3+ 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) -
90 days, n (%)
1 38 (32.2) 22 (18.6) 0.016
2 4 (3.4) 12 (10.2) 0.046
3+ 3 (2.5) 4 (3.4) 1.000
1 years, n (%)
1 73 (61.9) 36 (30.5) <0.001
2 29 (24.6) 17 (14.4) 0.046
3+ 16 (13.6) 26 (22.0) 0.077
Admission frequency (per patient per year), mean (SD)* 1.60 (0.97) 1.47 (1.60) 0.431


Values are expressed as mean (SD) or n (%). P-values were obtained by performing McNemar's Test (or binomial exact test if any discordant cell frequency is less than 4) or *Poisson regression model. P<0.05 denotes statistical significance. ER: Emergency Room, DH: Day Hospitalization