Table A2.
Differences in Measured Characteristics by End-of-Life Measures: Sample of Patients Admitted for AMI
| Total (ICU and Non-ICU) Hospital Days | ICU Days | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above Median | Below Median | Difference/Std. Dev. | Above Median | Below Median | Difference/Std. Dev. | |
| Inpatient spending | 4.336 | 3.263 | 0.216 | 4.544 | 2.974 | 0.320 |
| Thirty-day mortality | 0.151 | 0.148 | 0.009 | 0.150 | 0.150 | 0.001 |
| Patient characteristics | ||||||
| Age | 77.34 | 77.25 | 0.023 | 77.31 | 77.35 | −0.007 |
| Male | 0.507 | 0.528 | −0.041 | 0.516 | 0.518 | −0.004 |
| Number of comorbidities | 2.212 | 2.081 | 0.084 | 2.184 | 2.114 | 0.044 |
| Hypertension | 0.591 | 0.573 | 0.038 | 0.587 | 0.578 | 0.018 |
| COPD | 0.242 | 0.236 | 0.015 | 0.241 | 0.237 | 0.009 |
| Diabetes | 0.257 | 0.241 | 0.036 | 0.251 | 0.249 | 0.005 |
| CHF | 0.074 | 0.060 | 0.057 | 0.070 | 0.065 | 0.022 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 0.104 | 0.103 | 0.003 | 0.104 | 0.104 | 0.001 |
| Renal failure | 0.073 | 0.063 | 0.040 | 0.072 | 0.064 | 0.031 |
| Predicted mortality | 0.152 | 0.147 | 0.056 | 0.151 | 0.149 | 0.021 |
| Hospital spending on other patients | ||||||
| Average total charge general surgery patient | 2.213 | 1.793 | 0.427 | 2.301 | 1.672 | 0.664 |
| Average total charge vascular surgery patient | 2.534 | 2.182 | 0.330 | 2.653 | 2.021 | 0.621 |
| Average total charge orthopedic surgery patient | 3.598 | 3.001 | 0.313 | 3.763 | 2.760 | 0.545 |
Notes: Difference/Std. Dev is the difference divided by the standard deviation if the variable is continuous. If it is a dichotomous variable, then this column reports the difference divided by the sample mean.
1. Average total charges for surgery patients are for patients without a complication and who are not part of the analyses.