Independent predictors of in-hospital mortality and institutionalisation.

Analyses of in-hospital mortality included infection, falls at home during the last year, pressure ulcers, urinary or faecal incontinence, MMSE category, ADL total dependency, walking speed inability, and grip strength inability with forward selection procedure and forced retention of centre and age. Analyses of institutionalisation included cerebrovascular accident, dementia, metastasized cancer, pain, urinary incontinence, malnutrition, MMSE category, ADL total dependency, walking speed inability, and grip strength inability with forward selection procedure and forced retention of centre and age. Subjects who died in-hospital were excluded from the analyses. OR = Odds ratio, CI95 = 95% confidence interval; ADL = Activities of Daily Living; BMI = Body Mass Index. Independent predictors of in-hospital mortality and institutionalisation.