Outcomes for all patients and of the subgroup with LVEF <40%
| Variable | Missing data | Overall | Women <75 years | Men <75 years | Women ≥75 years | Men ≥75 years | Cardiology | General medicine | Other |
| All patients* | 6150 | 764 (12%) | 1626 (26%) | 1868 (30%) | 1892 (31%) | 2738 (45%) | 2813 (46%) | 599 (10%) | |
| Hospital days† | 387 (7%) | 9 (5–17) | 9 (5–15) | 9 (5–15) | 10 (5–17) | 10 (6–17) | 10 (6–17) | 8 (4–16) | 11 (5–22) |
| Died on index admission | None | 652 (12%) | 37 (5%) | 77 (5%) | 286 (18%) | 252 (15%) | 150 (6%) | 394 (16%) | 108 (22%) |
| Discharges* | None | 5498 | 727 (13%) | 1549 (28%) | 1582 (29%) | 1640 (30%) | 2587 (47%) | 2420 (44%) | 491 (9%) |
| Referral and outcome | |||||||||
| Cardiology/HF Services | 164 (3%) | 3865 (70%) | 561 (77%) | 1317 (85%) | 881 (56%) | 1106 (67%) | 2278 (88%) | 1308 (54%) | 279 (57%) |
| COTE | 586 (11%) | 586 (11%) | 59 (8%) | 81 (5%) | 247 (16%) | 199 (12%) | 77 (3%) | 406 (17%) | 103 (21%) |
| Palliative care | 496 (9%) | 155 (3%) | 13 (2%) | 39 (3%) | 46 (3%) | 57 (3%) | 75 (3%) | 62 (3%) | 18 (4%) |
| Deaths after discharge | None | 1206 (22%) | 109 (15%) | 210 (14%) | 417 (26%) | 470 (29%) | 448 (17%) | 623 (26%) | 135 (27%) |
| Total deaths | None | 1858 (34%) | 146 (20%) | 287 (19%) | 702 (44%) | 722 (44%) | 598 (23%) | 1017 (42%) | 243 (49%) |
| LVEF <40%* | 3590 | 466 (13%) | 1216 (34%) | 776 (21%) | 1132 (32%) | 2016 (56%) | 1293 (36%) | 281 (8%) | |
| Hospital days† | 191 (6%) | 9 (6–17) | 9 (6–17) | 9 (6–15) | 10 (6–18) | 10 (6–18) | 10 (6–16) | 9 (5–16) | 12 (7–24) |
| Died on index admission | None | 258 (8%) | 13 (3%) | 42 (4%) | 80 (11%) | 123 (12%) | 96 (5%) | 124 (11%) | 38 (16%) |
| Discharges* | None | 3332 | 453 (14%) | 1174 (35%) | 696 (21%) | 1009 (30%) | 1920 (58%) | 1169 (35%) | 243 (7%) |
| Referral and outcome | |||||||||
| Cardiology/HF Services | 72 (2%) | 2791 (84%) | 402 (89%) | 1064 (91) | 515 (74%) | 810 (80%) | 1757 (92%) | 849 (73%) | 185 (76%) |
| COTE | 346 (10%) | 296 (8%) | 30 (7%) | 51 (4%) | 105 (15%) | 110 (11%) | 55 (3%) | 191 (16%) | 50 (20%) |
| Palliative care | 275 (8%) | 105 (3%) | 7 (2%) | 31 (3%) | 28 (4%) | 39 (4%) | 58 (3%) | 36 (3%) | 11 (4%) |
| Deaths after discharge | None | 677 (20%) | 66 (15%) | 148 (12%) | 187 (27%) | 276 (27%) | 335 (17%) | 277 (24%) | 65 (27%) |
| Total deaths | None | 935 (28%) | 79 (17%) | 190 (16%) | 267 (38%) | 399 (40%) | 431 (22%) | 401 (34%) | 103 (42%) |
Data excluding missing values for sex, age and ward.
Percentages are of the total in that column unless marked with an asterisk (*), in which case the percentage is of the total in the row.
↵† Median and IQR for stays >24 h. Overall, 682 patients (11%) had an admission <24 h, which included deaths and patients with elective day-case procedures.
COTE, care of the elderly; HF, heart failure; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.