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3441657

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
Length of stay of elderly patients in hospitals can be subdivised into a medical stay followed by a social stay. The average length of stay of 2134 patients aged 75 and over, admitted to 23 medical or geriatric acute wards in Aquitaine, was 13.6 days; 18% of the patients experienced a social stay of at least one day. The mean social stay was almost null (1 day) when the patient returned home, but could reach 5 days when he was discharged to a long term care facility. The kind of hospital, domicile in a rural area, the social network, and the grounds for hospitalization were significantly related to the total length of stay, but explained only 5% of variance if diagnosis was not taken into account. This percentage rose to 29% in the group with "bronchitis" as a main diagnosis. The length of social stay was related to the grounds for hospitalization, but also to recent family modifications; it did not depend on the kind of hospital. These results suggest a lack of accessibility to nursing-homes, following acute hospitalization.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0398-7620
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
463-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
[Factors related to length of hospitalization of elderly patients during short stay].
pubmed:affiliation
Département d'Informatique Médicale, Université de Bordeaux II.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't