Table 2 Reasons, incidence rates, duration, and number of hospitalisations in the full cohort
Reason for hospitalisation (full cohort, ) n = 625) | Incidence of hospitalisation per 100 patient years for this reason | Median (25th to 75th percentile) days per hospitalisation for this reason | Sum of hospitalisations for this reason | Percentage of all hospitalisations | Sum of days hospitalized for this reason | Percentage of days hospitalized |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All-cause hospitalisation | 165.7 | 7.9 (4.8–12.9) | 2333 | 100 | 24,921 | 100 |
VA complication/intervention | 19.3 | 3.5 (2.1–5.5) | 272 | 11.7 | 1338 | 5.4 |
Infection/fever | 19.0 | 9.5 (6.0-15.3) | 267 | 11.4 | 3735 | 15.0 |
PAD/amputation | 13.0 | 10.5 (4.0-23.6) | 183 | 7.8 | 3326 | 13.4 |
Dyspnoea/COPD | 10.4 | 7.0 (4.0–12.0) | 146 | 6.3 | 1293 | 5.2 |
Fall/fracture/trauma | 10.1 | 9.2 (4.0–21.0) | 142 | 6.1 | 2110 | 8.5 |
Planned hospitalisation | 10.0 | 3.0 (2.0–4.0) | 141 | 6.0 | 505 | 2.0 |
Bleeding | 9.9 | 6.5 (4.0–17.0) | 139 | 6.0 | 1647 | 6.6 |
Cardiac event | 8.9 | 7.0 (3.5–14.0) | 125 | 5.4 | 1729 | 7.0 |
VA thrombosis | 8.3 | 5.0 (3.0–9.0) | 117 | 5.0 | 863 | 3.5 |
Arrhythmia | 5.5 | 8.0 (3.0–15.0) | 77 | 3.3 | 865 | 3.5 |
Oncological reason | 4.3 | 6.5 (3.1–11.8) | 60 | 2.6 | 491 | 2.0 |
VA infection | 3.5 | 10.5 (7.0-15.5) | 49 | 2.1 | 783 | 3.1 |
Stroke/TIA | 2.1 | 12.0 (6.0-24.5) | 30 | 1.3 | 474 | 1.9 |
VTE | 0.4 | 10.0 (5.3–18.5) | 6 | 0.3 | 63 | 0.3 |
Other reasons | 41.1 | 7.0 (4.0–12.0) | 579 | 24.8 | 5699 | 22.9 |