Table 2.
Treatment Type by Hospital 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 | % | ||
| Hospital region: | ||||||
| Northeast | 1,440 (22.5) | 446 | 17.7 | 994 | 25.7 | Ref. |
| Midwest | 1,334 (20.4) | 691 | 26.7 | 643 | 16.2 | 2.39 (2.06, 2.79) |
| South | 2,425 (36.3) | 938 | 35.2 | 1,487 | 36.9 | 1.39 (1.21, 1.59) |
| West | 1,387 (20.9) | 542 | 20.4 | 845 | 21.1 | 1.41 (1.21, 1.64) |
| Location and teaching status: | ||||||
| Rural | 258 (3.9) | 77 | 2.9 | 181 | 4.7 | Ref. |
| Urban – Non-Teaching | 1,913 (28.7) | 840 | 31.7 | 1,073 | 26.7 | 1.93 (1.46, 2.53) |
| Urban – Teaching | 4,392 (67.4) | 1,694 | 65.4 | 2,698 | 68.6 | 1.55 (1.19, 2.02) |
| Hospital bed size: | ||||||
| Small | 495 (7.2) | 175 | 6.3 | 320 | 7.7 | Ref. |
| Medium | 1,327 (20.3) | 514 | 19.8 | 813 | 20.7 | 1.17 (.95, 1.45) |
| Large | 4,741 (72.5) | 1,922 | 73.9 | 2,819 | 72.5 | 1.27 (1.05, 1.53) |
Abbreviations: CI=Confidence Interval, cOR=crude odds ratio, IVIG=Intravenous Immunoglobulin.