Research Article
Community Stepdown Care: A Safe Alternative for Selected Elderly Patients Attending Emergency Department?
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of patients in the study.
| Variables | Community hospital group | Acute hospital group
| value | () | () |
| Gender (Males) | 11 (16.18%) | 36 (22.22%) | 0.299 | Age (mean years) | 80.65 | 79.10 | | Ethnicity | | | 0.250 | Chinese | 88.24% | 83.33% | | Indian | 2.94% | 6.79% | | Malay | 7.35% | 9.88% | | Others | 1.47% | 0% | | Diagnosis | | | 0.03 | Back pain/osteoporotic spine fractures | 67.65% | 70.99% | | Osteoarthritis of the knees | 8.82% | 14.81% | | Pubic ramus fracture | 4.41% | 7.41% | | Limb contusion/fracture (not requiring surgery) | 19.12% | 6.79% | | Co-morbidities | | | 0.25 | Diabetes mellitus | 36.76% | 25.93% | Ischemic heart disease | 11.76% | 20.99% | Hypertension | 64.71% | 58.64% | Chronic obstructive airways disease | 0% | 1.85% |
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