Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample (n=4018)
| N (%) | |
| Gender | |
| Female | 2343 (58.3%) |
| Mean age (SD) | 61.72 (16.06) |
| Education | |
| No formal schooling/primary school | 98 (2.4%) |
| Secondary education/vocational training | 1865 (46.4%) |
| Diploma and advance diploma | 637 (15.9%) |
| Bachelor degree | 709 (17.6%) |
| Graduate diploma and Graduate certificate | 261 (6.5%) |
| Postgraduate degree | 448 (11.1%) |
| Language mainly spoken at home | |
| English | 3839 (95.5%) |
| State* | |
| Victoria | 1227 (30.5%) |
| Queensland | 1002 (24.9%) |
| New South Wales | 908 (22.6%) |
| Western Australia | 424 (10.6%) |
| South Australia | 211 (5.3%) |
| Australian Capital Territory/Northern Territory/Tasmania | 248 (6.2%) |
| Hospital type | |
| Private | 3561 (88.6%) |
| Public | 457 (11.4%) |
| Subspeciality | |
| Orthopaedics | 882 (22.0%) |
| General surgery | 453 (11.3%) |
| Cardiology | 398 (9.9%) |
| Obstetrics | 241 (6.0%) |
| Urology | 264 (6.6%) |
| Breast/gastroenterology/ophthalmology | 146 (3.6%) |
| Others | 1634 (40.7%) |
| Mean length of stay (SD) | 3.71 (2.44) |
| 14-day readmission | 193 (4.8%) |
| 28-day readmission | 319 (7.9%) |
| Hospital-acquired complication† | 89 (2.2%) |
*Missing 1.
†Includes pressure injury; falls resulting in fracture or intracranial injury; healthcare-associated infection; surgical complications requiring unplanned return to theatre; unplanned intensive care unit admission; respiratory complications; venous thromboembolism; renal failure; gastrointestinal bleeding; medication complications; delirium; persistent incontinence; malnutrition; cardiac complications; third-degree and fourth-degree perineal laceration during delivery and; neonatal birth trauma.