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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics and resource use during hospitalization of elderly bedridden patients with dementia

From: Elderly bedridden patients with dementia use over one quarter of resources in internal medicine wards in an Israeli hospital

Characteristic

EBRPD (N = 517)

Age

 65–74

42 (8.1%)

 75–84

155 (30.0%)

 85+

320 (61.9%)

Male sex

222 (42.9%)

Hospitalization or emergency department visit in past 6 months

273 (52.8%)

Imaging studies, mean (SD)

3.7 (4.2)

Urinary catheter newly inserted

159 (30.8%)

Nasogastric tube newly inserted

108 (20.9%)

Advanced invasive procedures

100 (19.3%)

Hospital days with blood test performed, mean (SD)

82.1% (23.7%)

Antibiotic treatment

414 (80.1%)

Hospital days with antibiotic treatment, mean (SD)a

87.7% (23.2%)

Length of hospital stay (days), mean (SD)

9.4 (13.8)

  1. a Among patients who received antibiotics