Table 1.
Patient characteristics and PAC access 365 days after acute care discharge
| Parameters | All | White | Black | Asian | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | 11,119 (100) | 8038 (70.2) | 1232 (10.8) | 1006 (8.8) | 843 (7.4) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 69.7 (13.0) | 71.6 (12.3) | 65.4 (13.2) | 63.7 (12.9) | 64.9 (13.9) |
| Sex, % | |||||
| Female | 51.1 | 51.6 | 53.9 | 47.2 | 46.1 |
| Male | 48.9 | 48.4 | 46.1 | 52.8 | 53.9 |
| Residential area, % | |||||
| Rural | 4.0 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| Urban | 96.0 | 95.1 | 99.6 | 99.1 | 96.4 |
| Median household income, % | |||||
| <$40,001 | 21.8 | 19.0 | 40.7 | 17.0 | 26.7 |
| 40,001–$80000 | 59.7 | 61.0 | 49.9 | 61.1 | 60.6 |
| >$80,000 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 9.4 | 21.9 | 12.7 |
| ≥High school, % | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 83.5 (12.7) | 85.8 (11.0) | 75.9 (14.6) | 81.9 (12.2) | 75.3 (16.5) |
| Median (IQR) | 87.0 (77.6,92.8) | 88.7 (80.8,93.7) | 77.7 (66.4,87.9) | 84.3 (75.4,90.9) | 78.4 (65.0,88.6) |
| ≥4-year college, % | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 30.7 (18.4) | 32.3 (18.4) | 23.3 (17.2) | 32.5 (17.8) | 23.1 (15.6) |
| Median (IQR) | 27.6 (15.9,44.2) | 29.3 (17.5,44.8) | 19.0 (9.5,32.5) | 30.2 (18.7,42.3) | 20.2 (11.0,31.9) |
| Stroke type, % | |||||
| Hemorrhagic | 14.5 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 26.4 | 17.6 |
| Ischemic | 85.5 | 87.2 | 86 | 73.7 | 82.4 |
| KPNC service area, % | |||||
| East Bay | 16.7 | 49.7 | 30.5 | 12.3 | 7.5 |
| Central Valley | 5.2 | 77.2 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 14.4 |
| Northeast Bay | 18.8 | 78.7 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 4.6 |
| Capital | 21.5 | 83.6 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
| South Bay | 19.0 | 69.9 | 6.2 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
| Golden Gate | 18.9 | 74.0 | 7.5 | 11.6 | 6.9 |
| Acute care LOS, days | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 3.9 (3.5) | 3.8 (3.4) | 4.0 (3.9) | 3.0 (2.9) | 3.3 (3.2) |
| Median (IQR) | 3.0 (2.0,5.0) | 3.0 (2.0,5.0) | 3.0 (2.0,5.0) | 3.0 (2.0,5.0) | 3.0 (2.0,5.0) |
| PAC, % | |||||
| IRH | 11.8 | 10.8 | 15.1 | 16.9 | 11.5 |
| SNF | 40.9 | 41.9 | 41.4 | 37.7 | 34.6 |
| Highest level of PAC, % | |||||
| IRH | 11.8 | 10.8 | 15.1 | 16.9 | 11.5 |
| SNF | 32.8 | 34.4 | 30.7 | 26.3 | 27.4 |
| HH | 20.0 | 20.2 | 20.9 | 18.0 | 19.2 |
| OP | 28.9 | 28.2 | 27.3 | 31.5 | 34.3 |
| None | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 7.6 |