Table 2.
Characteristics of Surgical Patient Sample by MCCs
| Overall (n = 188,806) |
0–1 CCs (n = 49,878) |
2–4 CCs (n = 107,132) |
5+ CCs (n = 31,796) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, m (SD) | 73.65 (6.56) | 72.33 (5.85) | 73.91 (6.58) | 74.86 (7.12) | <.0001 |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 97,359 (51.57) | 22,079 (44.27) | 56,687 (52.91) | 18,593 (58.48) | <.0001 |
| Female | 91,447 (48.43) | 27,799 (55.73) | 50,445 (47.09) | 13,203 (41.52) | |
| Surgical Group | |||||
| General | 65,501 (34.69) | 19,611 (39.32) | 36,307 (33.89) | 9,583 (30.14) | <.0001 |
| Orthopedic | 75,386 (39.93) | 27,110 (54.35) | 41,808 (39.02) | 6,468 (20.34) | |
| Vascular | 47,919 (25.38) | 3,157 (6.33) | 29,017 (27.09) | 15,745 (49.52) | |
| OASH Comorbidity | |||||
| Hypertension | 136,250 (72.16) | 15,933 (31.94) | 89,934 (83.95) | 30,383 (95.56) | <.0001 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 92,804 (49.15) | 4,140 (8.30) | 62,602 (58.43) | 26,062 (81.97) | <.0001 |
| CAD | 61,191 (32.41) | 1,633 (3.27) | 36,410 (33.99) | 23,148 (72.80) | <.0001 |
| Diabetes | 43,967 (23.29) | 1,097 (2.20) | 25,964 (24.24) | 16,906 (53.17) | <.0001 |
| CKD | 33,163 (17.56) | 603 (1.21) | 16,354 (15.27) | 16,206 (50.97) | <.0001 |
| Asthma | 29,781 (15.77) | 832 (1.67) | 13,627 (12.72) | 15,322 (48.19) | <.0001 |
| Cancer | 24,424 (12.94) | 2,773 (5.56) | 14,662 (13.69) | 6,989 (21.98) | <.0001 |
| Arthritis | 23,809 (12.61) | 1,870 (3.75) | 14,130 (13.19) | 7,809 (24.56) | <.0001 |
| COPD | 21,539 (11.41) | 96 (.19) | 7,912 (7.39) | 13,531 (42.56) | <.0001 |
| Depression | 17,453 (9.24) | 1,102 (2.21) | 10,219 (9.54) | 6,132 (19.29) | <.0001 |
| CHF | 16,842 (8.92) | 94 (.19) | 5,514 (5.15) | 11,234 (35.33) | <.0001 |
| Cardiac Arrhythmias | 10,625 (5.63) | 435 (.87) | 5,756 (5.27) | 4,434 (13.95) | <.0001 |
| Osteoporosis | 7,743 (4.10) | 710 (1.42) | 4,729 (4.41) | 2,304 (7.25) | <.0001 |
| Dementia | 4,025 (2.13) | 160 (.32) | 1,999 (1.87) | 1,866 (5.87) | <.0001 |
| Stroke | 274 (.15) | 8 (.02) | 109 (.10) | 157 (.49) | <.0001 |
| 30-day Readmission | 14,704 (7.79) | 2,535 (5.08) | 7,876 (7.35) | 4,293 (13.50) | <.0001 |
Note. DR reflects the proportion of nurses in the hospital who are confident their patient can manage care after discharge; range (0–1).