Table 1.
Patient’s age (years) | |
Mean (SD) | 29.1 (6.1) |
Range | 13–50 |
Co-morbidities | Number (%) |
Diabetes mellitus | 76 (0.6) |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 430 (3.3) |
Insurance status | Number (%) |
Private | 7,353 (56.6) |
Medicaid | 3, 700 (28.5) |
Medicare | 61 (0.5) |
Charity care | 34 (0.3) |
Self-payment | 1,458 (11.2) |
Others | 401 (3.1) |
Type of hospital | Number (%) |
Private (vs. public) | 12,274 (94.4) |
Non-profit (vs. profit) | 11,188 (86.0) |
Church-operated (vs. other) | 4,458 (34.4) |
Length-of-stay (days) | |
Mean (SD) | 1.7 (1.4) |
Range | 0–32 |
N = 13,007