Table 2.
Characteristics of the 64,900 Study Patients
| Patient Characteristics | Patients, % (n) |
|---|---|
| Age, y | |
| 18–35 | 9 (6,159) |
| 36–50 | 17 (11,182) |
| 51–65 | 26 (16,985) |
| 66–80 | 39 (25,059) |
| >80 | 8 (5,515) |
| Health status | |
| Poor | 7 (4,485) |
| Fair | 27 (17,435) |
| Good | 35 (22,757) |
| Very good | 22 (14,568) |
| Excellent | 9 (5,655) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 44 (28,282) |
| Female | 56 (36,618) |
| Race | |
| White | 84 (54,635) |
| African American | 11 (6,941) |
| Other | 2 (1,277) |
| Unknown | 3 (2,047) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 36 (23,282) |
| Married | 59 (37,994) |
| Unknown | 6 (3,624) |
| Education | |
| Less than 9th grade | 9 (5,628) |
| Some high school | 17 (10,733) |
| High school graduate | 31 (19,977) |
| Technical/trade/vocational school | 8 (5,419) |
| Some college | 16 (10,204) |
| 2-Year college graduate | 5 (3,011) |
| 4-Year college graduate | 7 (4,409) |
| Postgraduate | 5 (3,460) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Medical DRG | 60 (37,065) |
| Surgical DRG | 40 (24,467) |
| 10 Most common individual DRGs | |
| 1. Heart failure and shock (127) | 3.8 (2,402) |
| 2. Angina pectoris (140) | 2.9 (1,821) |
| 3. Uterine and adnexa procedure for nonmalignancy without complication or CC (359) | 2.7 (1,735) |
| 4. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (88) | 2.5 (1,566) |
| 5. Chest pain (143) | 2.4 (1,496) |
| 6. Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures (112) | 2.2 (1,391) |
| 7. Back and neck procedures without CC (215) | 2.1 (1,327) |
| 8. Major joint and limb reattachment procedures of lower extremity (209) | 2.1 (1,309) |
| 9. Simple pneumonia and pleurisy, age >17 y, with CC (89) | 2.0 (1,278) |
| 10. Esophagitis, gastroenteritis, and miscellaneous digestive disorders, age >17 y, with CC (182) | 1.9 (1,223) |
DRG, diagnosis-related group; CC, comorbid condition.