Table 2.
Baseline Characteristics of Commerically-Insured Hospitalized Patients
| Commercial | ||
|---|---|---|
| Non-ICU | ICU | |
| Sample (n) | 16,732,960 | 1,989,222 |
| Patient Characteristics | ||
| Age (years) | 43.0 | 50.0 |
| Sex (% female) | 67.2 | 44.2 |
| van Walraven-Elixhauser score | 2.0 | 6.4 |
| Geographic Characteristics (%) | ||
| North Central | 23.5 | 23.9 |
| Northeast | 17.8 | 15.8 |
| South | 41.6 | 45.2 |
| West | 15.8 | 13.7 |
| Unknown/Other | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Insurance Characteristics (%) | ||
| Basic/major medical | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CDHP | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| Comprehensive | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| EPO | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| HDHP | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| HMO | 13.3 | 11.3 |
| POS | 7.8 | 7.1 |
| POS with capitation | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| PPO | 63.4 | 65.8 |
| Unknown | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| Industry of Employer (%) | ||
| Finance Insurance Real Estate | 7.8 | 6.0 |
| Manufacturing | 16.9 | 17.8 |
| Oil Gas and Mining | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Other | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Retail Trade | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| Services | 15.6 | 12.6 |
| Transportation Comms Utilities | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| Unknown | 46.0 | 48.3 |
This Table shows the baseline characteristics of the hospitalized patients within the IBM MarketScan Data for commercially-insured patients between 2008–2019.