108 Chapter 5 Table 2 Patient characteristics of the retrospective analyzed medical charts. 2015 (n=50) 2016 (n=50) p-value Gender 0.55 Male, n (%) 25 (50) 22 (44) Female, n (%) 25 (50) 28 (56) Age, mean years (sd) 79.5 (6.1) 78.8 (6.9) 0.53 Referral 0.22 Self-reference, n (%) 8 (16) 3 (6) GP, n (%) 13 (26) 20 (40) Ambulance, n (%) 23 (46) 19 (38) Specialist, n (%) 6 (12) 8 (16) Triage level* 0.35 Emergent, n (%) 19 (38) 27 (54) Urgent, n (%) 18 (36) 19 (38) Non-urgent, n (%) 1 (2) 1 (2) Advice, n (%) 6 (12) 2 (4) Missing, n (%) 6 (12) 1 (2) Medical specialty 1.00 Geriatrics, n (%) 10 (20) 10 (20) Pulmonology, n (%) 9 (18) 9 (18) Neurology, n (%) 6 (12) 6 (12) Surgery, n (%) 18 (36) 18 (36) Orthopedics, n (%) 7 (14) 7 (14) ED LOS, mean hours:minutes (sd) 4:05 (2:09) 4:12 (2.44) 0.87 Hospital LOS, mean days (sd) 3.84 (7.6) 2.48 (4.8) 0.37 Discharge destination from the ED 0.97 Home, n (%) 23 (46) 23 (46) Geriatric unit, n (%) 11 (22) 9 (18) Other inpatient medical unit, n (%) 15 (30) 16 (32) Nursing home, n (%) 1 (2) 1 (2) Other hospital, n (%) - 1 (2) Deceased, n (%) - - Discharge destination after hospitalization 0.83 Home, n (%) 39 (78) 37 (74) Other hospital, n (%) 3 (6) 5 (10) Nursing home, n (%) 7 (14) 8 (16) Deceased, n (%) 1 (2) - ED revisit <14 days, n (%) 4 (8) 2(4) 0.68 GP=General Practitioner; LOS=Length of stay. *Based on the emergency levels (1-5) of the Netherlands Triage System: 1) Life threatening; 2) Emergent; 3) Urgent; 4) Non-urgent; 5) Advice.
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