Table 2.
Patient and Hospital Characteristics for Cardiac Device Implantations, 2004
| CRT-D | CRT-P | AICD | Pacemaker | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Sample Size | 6,752 | 1,509 | 13,577 | 36,818 | 12,370 |
| Age (%) | |||||
| 0–24 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| 25–64 | 28 | 20 | 41 | 13 | 23 |
| 65–74 | 33 | 26 | 30 | 22 | 24 |
| 75–84 | 34 | 38 | 25 | 42 | 35 |
| 85+ | 4 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 16 |
| Sex (%) | |||||
| Male | 76 | 61 | 76 | 50 | 59 |
| Race (%) | |||||
| White | 59 | 58 | 57 | 63 | 62 |
| Black | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Other or missing | 34 | 36 | 35 | 31 | 31 |
| Comorbid diseases (%) | |||||
| 0 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 24 |
| 1 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 31 |
| 2 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 25 |
| 3 or more | 19 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 20 |
| Admission type (%) | |||||
| Emergency | 44 | 47 | 54 | 65 | 49 |
| Planned | 50 | 48 | 38 | 25 | 42 |
| Primary payer (%) | |||||
| Medicare | 73 | 79 | 60 | 82 | 74 |
| Medicaid | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Private | 21 | 15 | 30 | 13 | 18 |
| Other | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Hospital control (%) | |||||
| Government (n = 77) | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Private, not for profit (n = 417) | 83 | 78 | 85 | 76 | 78 |
| Private, investor-owned (n = 113) | 10 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 12 |
| Hospital size (%) | |||||
| Small (N = 131) | 13 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Medium (N = 200) | 14 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 16 |
| Large (N = 284) | 73 | 70 | 80 | 69 | 74 |
| Location/teaching status (%) | |||||
| Rural (N = 146) | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| Urban nonteaching (N = 312) | 33 | 34 | 31 | 48 | 39 |
| Urban teaching (N = 157) | 64 | 58 | 66 | 43 | 55 |
| New Cardiac Device Implantations per Year | |||||
| <100 (N = 444) | 7 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 23 |
| 100–299 (N = 123) | 35 | 42 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
| 300 or more (N = 48) | 60 | 46 | 56 | 30 | 40 |
“–”: The cells included fewer than 10 patients and were suppressed.