Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Patients With Myocardial Infarction Admitted to Rural Hospitals or to Urban Hospitals

	Admitted to
Characteristic	Rural Hospitals (n = 1,426)	Urban Hospitals (n = 10,765)	PValue
Age, mean, years	82.4	68.9	<.001
Male, %	45.0	59.8	<.001
Black, %	0.14	1.13	<.001
Number of secondary diagnoses, mean	5.66	5.62	.45
Charlson Comorbidity Index, mean	0.96	0.69	<.001
APR-DRG risk index, mean	0.09	0.06	<.001

Note: Excluding patients discharged or transferred to another acute care general hospital for inpatient care.

APR-DRG = All Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Group.