Table 2 Percentages of discharge destinations and Charlson comorbidity index of RTHA and primary THA patients hospitalized in Spain (2001-2008)
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | P* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RTHA | Discharge destinations* | Home | 96.0 | 95.2 | 95.5 | 94.5 | 94.4 | 94.3 | 94.8 | 93.6 | < 0.001 |
Health/social institution) | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | |||
Charlson comorbidity index | Low | 81.0 | 79.7 | 78.1 | 77.5 | 75.7 | 76.9 | 75.9 | 75.4 | < 0.001 | |
Medium | 17.8 | 19.2 | 20.5 | 21.3 | 22.8 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 22.1 | |||
High | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.5 | |||
Primary THA | Discharge destinations* | Home | 96.8 | 97.0 | 96.4 | 96.4 | 96.1 | 95.7 | 95.9 | 95.3 | < 0.001 |
Health/social institution) | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 | |||
Charlson comorbidity index | Low | 81.0 | 81.2 | 79.9 | 79.4 | 79.2 | 78.7 | 77.9 | 78.5 | < 0.001 | |
Medium | 18.4 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 20.4 | 21.3 | 20.4 | |||
High | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 |