Table 1.
Treatment Type by Patient Characteristics – 2002-2014 Nationwide Inpatient Sample (n= 6,586)
| Total (n=6,586) |
TPE (n=2,617) |
IVIG (n=3,969) |
cOR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N | % | N | % | ||
| Sex: | ||||||
| Male | 3,711 (56.3) | 1,482 | 56.7 | 2,229 | 56.2 | Ref. |
| Female | 2,875 (43.6) | 1,135 | 43.3 | 1,740 | 43.8 | 0.98 (0.88, 1.08) |
| Age (years): | ||||||
| < 10 | 240 (3.6) | 15 | 0.6 | 225 | 5.6 | Ref. |
| 10-19 | 346 (5.3) | 84 | 3.2 | 262 | 6.6 | 4.80 (2.69, 8.58) |
| 20-29 | 420 (6.4) | 185 | 7.1 | 235 | 5.9 | 12.02 (6.87, 21.03) |
| 30-39 | 598 (9.1) | 258 | 9.9 | 340 | 8.5 | 11.51 (6.64, 19.93) |
| 40-49 | 799 (12.1) | 387 | 14.7 | 412 | 10.4 | 14.09 (8.19, 24.24) |
| 50-59 | 942 (14.2) | 427 | 16.3 | 515 | 12.9 | 12.58 (7.33, 21.59) |
| 60-69 | 916 (13.8) | 436 | 16.6 | 480 | 12.0 | 13.72 (7.99, 23.55) |
| 70-79 | 649 (9.8) | 322 | 12.2 | 327 | 8.2 | 14.75 (8.54, 25.47) |
| 80+ | 1,676 (25.7) | 503 | 19.4 | 1,173 | 29.8 | 6.48 (3.79, 11.05) |
| Race / Ethnicity: | ||||||
| White | 3,117 (47.2) | 1,303 | 49.7 | 1,814 | 45.6 | Ref. |
| Black | 383 (5.8) | 165 | 6.2 | 218 | 5.5 | 1.04 (0.84, 1.29) |
| Hispanic | 458 (6.9) | 189 | 7.1 | 270 | 6.8 | 0.96 (0.79, 1.17) |
| Other | 315 (4.8) | 121 | 4.6 | 194 | 4.9 | 0.87 (0.68, 1.10) |
| Unknown | 2,312 (35.3) | 839 | 32.4 | 1,473 | 37.2 | 0.79 (0.71, .89) |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index: | ||||||
| 0 | 4,081 (62.0) | 1,481 | 56.6 | 2,600 | 65.5 | Ref. |
| 1 | 1,299 (19.7) | 575 | 21.9 | 724 | 18.2 | 1.39 (1.22, 1.58) |
| 2+ | 1,206 (18.3) | 561 | 21.4 | 645 | 16.2 | 1.53 (1.34, 1.74) |
| Admission status: | ||||||
| Non-elective | 5,850 (88.9) | 2,280 | 87.2 | 3,570 | 90.0 | Ref. |
| Elective | 735 (11.1) | 336 | 12.8 | 399 | 9.9 | 1.32 (1.13, 1.55) |
| Primary payer: | ||||||
| Medicare | 1,829 (27.7) | 816 | 31.0 | 1,013 | 25.5 | Ref. |
| Medicaid | 798 (12.2) | 274 | 10.5 | 524 | 13.3 | 0.65 (0.54, .77) |
| Private insurance | 3,339 (50.8) | 1,288 | 49.4 | 2,051 | 51.7 | 0.79 (0.69, .88) |
| Self-Pay | 365 (5.5) | 137 | 5.3 | 228 | 5.7 | 0.76 (0.59, .95) |
| No charge | 16 (0.2) | *** | 0.1 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.39 (0.13, 1.25) |
| Other | 239 (3.6) | 98 | 3.8 | 141 | 3.5 | 0.88 (0.67, 1.16) |
| Discharge destination: | ||||||
| Routinely discharged | 1,909 (36.9) | 645 | 29.0 | 1,264 | 42.9 | Ref. |
| Transferred to short-term hospital | 221 (4.3) | 99 | 4.5 | 122 | 4.3 | 1.58 (1.19, 2.10) |
| Transferred to other type of facility | 2,446 (47.3) | 1,189 | 53.4 | 1,257 | 47.3 | 1.85 (1.64, 2.09) |
| Received home healthcare | 457 (8.9) | 198 | 8.9 | 259 | 8.9 | 1.49 (1.21, 1.84) |
| Discharged again medical advice | *** (0.2) | *** | 0.2 | *** | 0.2 | 1.88 (.46, 7.59) |
| Died while hospitalized | 120 (2.3) | 83 | 3.8 | 37 | 2.3 | 4.52 (3.03, 6.75) |
| Discharged alive with unknown destination | *** (0.09) | *** | 0.1 | *** | 0.0 | 2.64 (.44, 15.93) |
Abbreviations: CI=Confidence Interval, cOR=crude odds ratio, IVIG=Intravenous Immunoglobulin. *** Less than 10 hospital discharge records.