Hospital treatment costs and length of stay associated with hypertension and multimorbidity after hemorrhagic stroke

Table 2 Sample characteristics

Patient Characteristic	Overall (n = 987)
Sex (% Males)	55
Age (Years)	72 (20-99)
Length of Stay in Hospital (Days)	8 (1-190)
Died in Hospital (%)	28^*
Had Surgery (%)	18^*
Accessed Diagnostic Services (%)
Diagnostic Investigations	88
Laboratory Services	97
Overall	99
Accessed Acute Care Services (%)
Ambulatory Care	3^**
Clinical Nutrition	41^*
Nursing	100
Pharmacy	85^**
Overall	100
Accessed Rehabilitation Services (%)
Audiology and Speech Therapy	38
Occupational Therapy	62^**
Physiotherapy	70
Recreation Therapy	2
Respiratory Therapy	42^*
Social Work	45
Overall	88
Morbidities at Admission (%)
Hypertension	67
Secondary Cerebrovascular Disease	23
Diabetes	15
Cardiac Disorders	10^*
Chronic Pulmonary Disease	6^*
Malignancy or Tumour	5
Dementia	5
Mood Disorders	3^*
Renal Disease	3
Peripheral Vascular Disease	2^*
Liver Disease	1
Rheumatic Disease	1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	1^*
Overall	81

Data are reported as median (min to max) unless otherwise noted. Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number. Diseases were classified at hospital admission. Some patients may be classified in multiple categories. Overall morbidity indicates the percentage of patients who had at least one additional diagnosis irrespective of their primary diagnosis of ICH. Of the 15 patients who did not access diagnostic services; 8 died within the first 2 days, 3 were referred from other centers, 1 died with dementia within 5 days, 1 died within 6 days with no multimorbidity, 1 was discharged alive with a malignancy or tumour, and 1 was discharged alive with no multimorbidity
*Significant (p < 0.05) decrease over a decade
**Significant (p < 0.05) increase over a decade

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