Leicester Medical School Understanding frailty - Kavli Senter
Leicester Medical School Understanding frailty - Kavli Senter
Leicester Medical School Understanding frailty - Kavli Senter
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Patients aged 70+, coded as complex<br />
Historical controls<br />
(3/2007- 10/2008)<br />
AFU patients<br />
(10/2008-10/2009)<br />
Number of patients 1948 273<br />
Age 83.5 85.6<br />
Death in AMU 175/1948 (9%) 15/273 (5%)<br />
Discharge from AMU 88/1773 (5%)<br />
Length of stay<br />
(excludes<br />
n=1685<br />
discharged &<br />
Mean=16.6, SD 15.9<br />
deaths)<br />
23/258 (9%)<br />
Odds ratio 1.9 (1.1-3.1), p=0.009<br />
n=235<br />
Mean=12.4, SD 11.9<br />
Mean difference 4.2 days, p
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