Patient Characteristics
We recorded 184 admissions (from 178 patients) of which 110 met our
inclusion criteria and were included for 30-day follow-up. Of those not
included 69 were transferred onwards to an inpatient ward, and 5 died
prior to discharge. Of those included for follow-up, one patient
accounted for 3 (8.3%) readmissions during the 30-day study period. The
readmission rate for those included was 32.7%. The median age was 82
years (IQR 73-91) and 61.8% of patients were female. There was no
significant difference in age or sex (p = 0.813 and p = 0.601
respectively) between those readmitted and not readmitted (Table
2 ).