Variable | Missing data | Overall | Women <75 years | Men <75 years | Women ≥75 years | Men ≥75 years | Cardiology | General medicine | Other |
LVEF ≥ 40%* | 1037 | 133 (13%) | 177 (17%) | 454 (44%) | 273 (27%) | 380 (37%) | 533 (51%) | 124 (12%) | |
Hospital days† | 60 | 10 (6–17) | 11 (6–18) | 9 (6–16) | 10 (6–16) | 9 (5–17) | 10 (6–17) | 9 (5–17) | 13 (7–23) |
Died on index admission | None | 101 (11%) | 5 (4%) | 8 (5%) | 47 (12%) | 40 (17%) | 16 (4%) | 69 (15%) | 16 (12%) |
Discharges* | 942 | 128 (14%) | 170 (18%) | 407 (43%) | 234 (25%) | 364 (39%) | 468 (50%) | 110 (12%) | |
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Cardiology/HF Services | 26 | 553 (59%) | 89 (70%) | 125 (74%) | 203 (50%) | 136 (58%) | 295 (81%) | 211 (45%) | 47 (35%) |
COTE | 103 | 110 (12%) | 11 (9%) | 9 (5%) | 54 (13%) | 36 (15%) | 12 (3%) | 77 (16%) | 21 (15%) |
Palliative care | 75 | 26 (3%) | 2 (2%) | 7 (4%) | 9 (2%) | 8 (3%) | 11 (3%) | 12 (3%) | 3 (2%) |
Deaths after discharge | 216 (23%) | 22 (17%) | 28 (16%) | 98 (24%) | 68 (29%) | 58 (16%) | 129 (28%) | 29 (21%) | |
Total deaths | 317 (34%) | 27 (21%) | 36 (21%) | 145 (36%) | 108 (46%) | 74 (20%) | 198 (42%) | 45 (33%) | |
No LVEF report* | 1523 | 165 (11%) | 233 (15%) | 638 (42%) | 487 (32%) | 342 (22%) | 987 (65%) | 194 (13%) | |
Hospital days† | 136 (9%) | 8 (5–15) | 6 (4–12) | 8 (4–15) | 8 (5–15) | 8 (4–16) | 10 (5–17) | 7 (4–14) | 10 (5–17) |
Died on index admission | None | 293 (24%) | 19 (13%) | 27 (13%) | 158 (33%) | 89 (22%) | 38 (13%) | 201 (26%) | 54 (39%) |
Discharges* | None | 1225 | 146 (12%) | 205 (17%) | 480 (39%) | 397 (32%) | 304 (25%) | 783 (64%) | 138 (11%) |
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Cardiology/HF Services | 66 (4%) | 521 (43%) | 70 (48%) | 128 (62%) | 163 (34%) | 160 (40%) | 226 (74%) | 248 (32%) | 47 (34%) |
COTE | 137 (9%) | 180 (15%) | 18 (12%) | 21 (10%) | 88 (18%) | 53 (13%) | 10 (3%) | 138 (18%) | 32 (23%) |
Palliative care | 146 (10%) | 24 (2%) | 4 (3%) | 1 (0%) | 9 (2%) | 10 (3%) | 6 (2%) | 14 (2%) | 4 (3%) |
Deaths after discharge | 313 (26%) | 21 (14%) | 34 (17%) | 132 (28%) | 126 (32%) | 55 (18%) | 217 (28%) | 41 (30%) | |
Total deaths | 606 (49%) | 40 (27%) | 61 (30%) | 290 (60%) | 215 (54%) | 93 (31%) | 418 (53%) | 95 (69%) |
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.