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The aim of this study was to describe the main characteristics and hospitalization patterns in inpatients aged 85\u2009years or more in Spain from 2000 to 2015.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Retrospective observational study analyzing data from the minimum basic data set, an administrative registry recording each hospital discharge in Spain since 1997. We collected administrative, economic and clinical data for all discharges between 2000 and 2015 in patients aged 85\u2009years and older, reporting results in three age groups and four time periods to assess differences and compare trends.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>There were 4,387,326 discharges in very elderly patients in Spain from 2000 to 2015, representing 5.32% of total discharges in 2000\u20132003 and 10.42% in 2012\u20132015. The pace of growth was faster in older age groups, with an annual percentage increase of 6% in patients aged 85\u201389\u2009years, 7.79% in those aged 90\u201394\u2009years, and 8.06% in those aged 95 and older. The proportion of men also rose (37.30 to 39.70%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>The proportion of patients that died during hospital admission decreased from 14.64% in 2000\u20132003 to 13.83% in 2012\u20132015 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and mean length of stay from 9.98\u2009days in 2000\u20132003 to 8.34\u2009days in 2012\u20132015.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>Some of the most frequent primary diagnoses became even more frequent relative to the total number of primary diagnoses, such as heart failure (7.84 to 10.62%), pneumonia (6.36 to 7.36%), other respiratory diseases (3.87 to 8.49%) or other alterations of urinary tract (3.08 to 5.20%). However, there was a relative decrease in the proportion of femoral neck fractures (8.07 to 6.77%), neoplasms (7.65 to 7.34%), ischemic encephalopathy (6.97 to 5.85%), COPD (4.23 to 3.15%), ischemic cardiomyopathy (4.20 to 8.49%) and cholelithiasis (3.07 to 3.28%).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Discharges in the very elderly population are increasing in both relative and absolute terms in Spanish hospitals. Within this group, discharged patients are getting older and more frequently male. The mean length of stay and the proportion of patients that died during hospital admission are decreasing. 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