Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

	Mean ± SD (range)
Age:	59.5 ± 17.64 (25–87 years)
Hospital LOS:	35.6 ± 25.2 (9–876 days)*
Days on MV:	29.5 ± 30.8 (5–875 days)*
	Number (%)
Female Gender:	16 (53)
Ethnicity:
African-American	4 (13)
Caucasian	26 (84)
Primary Medical Dx:
Cardio-pulmonary	17 (57)
Surgical complication	5 (17)
Cancer	3 (10)
Neuromuscular	5 (17)
Disposition
Died in Hospital	5 (17)
Home	8 (27)
LTC/LTAC/rehab	14 (47)
Other hospital	3 (10)
Alive at 12 mos.	12 (40)

^*Two outliers excluded from analysis of mean

LTC = long term care, LTAC= long term acute care, rehab = rehabilitation hospital