Characteristics of patients discharged home compared to pre- and in-hospital deaths (May 2013 to March 2015)
| Imminent deaths discharged home | Deaths before reaching or in hospital | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bach Mai Frequency (%) | Viet Duc Frequency (%) | Total Frequency (%) | Bach Mai Frequency (%) | Viet Duc Frequency (%) | Total Frequency (%) | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 784 (68) | 1138 (77) | 1922 (73) | 791 (67) | 87 (81) | 878 (68) |
| Female | 369 (32) | 348 (23) | 717 (27) | 394 (33) | 20 (19) | 414 (32) |
| Age | ||||||
| Under 28 days | 1 (<1) | 1 (<1) | 2 (<1) | 45 (4) | 0 (0) | 45 (3) |
| Under 5 years | 0 (0) | 18 (1) | 18 (1) | 37 (3) | 1 (<1) | 38 (3) |
| 5–14 years | 2 (<1) | 28 (2) | 30 (1) | 7 (<1) | 4 (4) | 11 (1) |
| 15–34 years | 137 (12) | 509 (34) | 646 (25) | 96 (8) | 45 (42) | 141 (11) |
| 35–59 years | 554 (48) | 604 (41) | 1158 (44) | 364 (31) | 40 (37) | 404 (31) |
| 60–74 | 300 (26) | 195 (13) | 495 (19) | 338 (29) | 9 (8) | 347 (27) |
| 75–90 | 158 (14) | 107 (7) | 265 (10) | 258 (22) | 8 (7) | 266 (21) |
| 90+ | 7 (1) | 17 (1) | 24 (1) | 34 (3) | 0 (0) | 34 (3) |
| Unknown | 2 (<1) | 7 (1) | 9 (<1) | 8 (<1) | 0 (0) | 8 (<1) |
| Operation in last 4 weeks | ||||||
| Yes | 15 (1) | 444 (30) | 459 (17) | 30 (3) | 22 (21) | 52 (4) |
| No | 1138 (99) | 1042 (70) | 2180 (83) | 1155 (97) | 85 (79) | 1240 (96) |
| Unknown | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Death related to injury/accident | ||||||
| Yes | 77 (7) | 1097 (74) | 1174 (45) | 56 (5) | 84 (79) | 140 (11) |
| No | 1076 (93) | 384 (26) | 1460 (55) | 1127 (95) | 23 (21) | 1150 (89) |
| Unknown | 0 (0) | 5 (<1) | 5 (<1) | 2 (<1) | 0 (0) | 2 (<1) |
| Total | 1153 (100) | 1486 (100) | 2639 (100) | 1185 (100) | 107 (100) | 1292 (100) |