Ten-Year Trends and Predictors of Unplanned Hospitalisation in Community-Dwelling Older People Receiving Home-Based Care
Table 2
Detailed characteristics of the clients in 170,001 episodes of home-based care, by discharge type, 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2015.
Client attributes
Unplanned hospitalisation
Planned discharge home
Total
n
%
n
%
n
%
Number of episodes
43,608
25.7
126,393
74.3
170,001
100
Number of unique clients
27,985
81,016
94,200§
Age (mean, standard deviation)
81.5 (7.8)
79.8 (7.8)
80.2 (7.8)
Age categories
65–69
3,760
8.6
15,288
12.1
19,048
11.2
70–74
5,226
12
19,256
15.2
24,482
14.4
75–79
7,541
17.3
25,120
19.9
32,661
19.2
80–84
10,199
23.4
29,130
23.1
39,329
23.1
85–89
10,154
23.3
23,790
18.8
33,944
20
90+
6,728
15.4
13,809
10.9
20,537
12.1
Missing
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gender
Female
23,008
52.8
71,323
56.4
94,331
55.5
Male
20,598
47.2
55,049
43.6
75,647
44.5
Other/not stated
2
0
21
0
23
0
Missing
0
0
0
0
0
0
Living arrangements
Alone
16,741
38.4
38,961
30.9
55,702
32.8
Special purpose accommodation
1,611
3.7
2,120
1.7
3,731
2.2
With family
21,010
48.2
62,889
49.8
83,899
49.2
With others who are not family
989
2.3
2,319
1.8
3,308
1.9
Missing
3,257
7.5
20,104
15.9
23,361
13.7
Index of socioeconomic disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles
1 (high disadvantage)
7,294
16.7
23,813
18.8
31,107
18.3
2
5,296
12.1
15,702
12.4
20,998
12.4
3
6,893
15.8
20,537
16.3
27,430
16.1
4
10,080
23.1
30,494
24.1
40,574
23.9
5 (low disadvantage)
14,031
32.2
35,822
28.3
49,853
29.3
Missing
14
0
25
0
39
0
Language^
English
35,321
81
97,126
76.8
132,447
77.9
Eastern Asian languages
210
0.5
1,220
1
1,430
0.8
Eastern European languages
1,933
4.4
5,643
4.5
7,576
4.5
Northern European languages (excl. English)
230
0.5
604
0.5
834
0.5
South-East Asian languages
200
0.5
1,357
1.1
1,557
0.9
Southern Asian languages
72
0.2
309
0.2
381
0.2
Southern European languages
4,740
10.9
15,064
11.9
19,804
11.7
Southwest and Central Asian languages
485
1.1
1,743
1.4
2,228
1.3
Australian indigenous languages
1
0
16
0
17
0
Other
66
0.2
261
0.2
327
0.2
Supplementary codes
30
0.1
152
0.1
182
0.1
Missing
320
0.7
2,898
2.3
3,218
1.9
Country of birth^
Australia
25,529
58.5
63,921
50.6
89,450
52.6
Southern and Eastern Europe
9,457
21.7
29,251
23.1
38,708
22.8
North-West Europe
4,807
11.0
13,425
10.6
18,232
10.7
North Africa and the Middle East
829
1.9
2,618
2.1
3,447
2.0
South-East Asia
378
0.9
2,046
1.6
2,424
1.4
Southern and Central Asia
535
1.2
2,081
1.7
2,616
1.5
North-East Asia
217
0.5
1,065
0.8
1,282
0.8
Oceania and Antarctica (excl. Australia)
265
0.6
958
0.8
1,223
0.7
Sub-Saharan Africa
257
0.6
897
0.7
1,154
0.7
Americas
214
0.5
789
0.6
1,003
0.6
Other
40
0.1
111
0.1
151
0.1
Missing
1,080
2.5
9,231
7.3
10,311
6.1
§Of the total number of unique clients, 56,120 (59.6%) had 1 episode only during the study period; 38,080 people (40.4%) had multiple episodes; ^Collapsed to binary variable (Language: English versus Other; Country of birth: Australia versus Other) for significance testing; (t-test for independent samples); (chi-square test for independent samples).
