Table 2.

Details regarding the patient admission (Groups A and B).

	Group A (AS; n = 501)	Group N (Non-AS; n = 367,389)	p value
Length of stay (days; Mean ± SD)	2.5 ± 3.2	2.3 ± 2.5	0.03
Cost of care (USD)	72,950.4 ± 56,968.9	66,871.6 ± 47,828.2	0.001
Patient disposition
Home/Routine	209 (41.7%)	143,066 (38.9%)	0.59
Short-term hospital	a (0.4%)	877 (0.2%)
Another type of facility	77 (15.4%)	67,456 (18.4%)
Home health care (HHC)	213 (42.5%)	155,387 (42.3%)
Left Against Medical Advice (LAMA)	0	262 (0.1%)
Died	0	341 (0.1%)
Emergent admissions [N(%)]	38 (7.6%)	31,796 (8.7%)	0.47

^a- Numbers between 1 and 10 were not reported as per Healthcare cost and utilization project (HCUP) data use agreement.