From: A baseline profile of the Queensland Cardiac Record Linkage Cohort (QCard) study
Variables | First-time admissions (Nā=ā75,829) | Recurrent admissions (Nā=ā56,514) | All (Nā=ā132,343) | p-value |
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Age | 61.62 (16.81) | 70.7 (14.17) | 65.5 (16.37) | ā<ā.001 |
Charlson index | 1.59 (2.56) | 3.17 (3.09) | 2.28 (2.91) | ā<ā.001 |
Sex (maleā=ā1) | 39,522 (0.52) | 30,611 (0.54) | 70,133 (0.53) | ā<ā.001 |
Indigenous (yesā=ā1) | 1407 (0.02) | 1952 (0.03) | 3359 (0.03) | ā<ā.001 |
Hospital insurance (yesā=ā1) | 39,779 (0.52) | 23,968 (0.42) | 63,747 (0.48) | ā<ā.001 |
Private hospitals (yesā=ā1) | 37,806 (0.50) | 20,771 (0.37) | 58,577 (0.44) | ā<ā.001 |
Ward: Private shared | 27,275 (0.36) | 14,722 (0.26) | 41,997 (0.32) | ā<ā.001 |
Ward: Private single | 12,658 (0.17) | 8240 (0.15) | 20,898 (0.16) | ā<ā.001 |
Ward: Public | 35,896 (0.47) | 33,552 (0.59) | 69,448 (0.52) | ā<ā.001 |
SEIFA Q1 | 12,282 (0.16) | 10,938 (0.19) | 23,220 (0.18) | ā<ā.001 |
SEIFA Q2 | 13,415 (0.18) | 10,942 (0.19) | 24,357 (0.18) | ā<ā.001 |
SEIFA Q3 | 15,222 (0.20) | 11,948 (0.21) | 27,170 (0.21) | ā<ā.001 |
SEIFA Q4 | 16,358 (0.22) | 11,049 (0.20) | 27,407 (0.21) | ā<ā.001 |
SEIFA Q5 | 17,982 (0.24) | 11,568 (0.20) | 29,550 (0.22) | ā<ā.001 |
Married | 48,475 (0.64) | 32,313 (0.57) | 80,788 (0.61) | ā<ā.001 |
Widowed | 9258 (0.12) | 12,231 (0.22) | 21,489 (0.16) | ā<ā.001 |
Never married | 10,950 (0.14) | 5864 (0.10) | 16,814 (0.13) | ā<ā.001 |
Divorced separated | 7146 (0.09) | 6106 (0.11) | 13,252 (0.10) | ā<ā.001 |
Multiday | 35,664 (0.47) | 34,942 (0.62) | 70,606 (0.53) | ā<ā.001 |
Overnight | 12,562 (0.17) | 9227 (0.16) | 21,789 (0.16) | ā<ā.001 |
Same-day | 27,603 (0.36) | 12,345 (0.22) | 39,948 (0.30) | 0.260 |
ED usage | 39,574 (0.52) | 37,404 (0.66) | 76,978 (0.58) | ā<ā.001 |
Referrals: ED | 31,534 (0.42) | 30,008 (0.53) | 61,542 (0.47) | ā<ā.001 |
Referrals: Private facilities | 31,378 (0.41) | 15,379 (0.27) | 46,757 (0.35) | ā<ā.001 |
Referrals: Outpatients | 8968 (0.12) | 7657 (0.14) | 16,625 (0.13) | ā<ā.001 |
Referrals: Transfer | 2383 (0.03) | 1613 (0.03) | 3996 (0.03) | ā<ā.001 |
Comorbidity: 0 | 39,634 (0.55) | 13,352 (0.24) | 52,986 (0.41) | ā<ā.001 |
Comorbidity: 1 | 9414 (0.13) | 7996 (0.14) | 17,410 (0.14) | ā<ā.001 |
Comorbidity: 2+ | 23,592 (0.33) | 34,533 (0.62) | 58,125 (0.45) | ā<ā.001 |
Cardiac HAC | 2562 (0.03) | 2260 (0.04) | 4822 (0.04) | ā<ā.001 |
Multiple day Cardiac HAC | 2352 (0.07) | 2105 (0.06) | 4457 (0.06) | ā<ā.001 |
Acute admissions | 75,012 (0.99) | 55,455 (0.98) | 130,467 (0.99) | ā<ā.001 |