Table 1.

Demographic, Geographic, & Clinical Characteristics of Sample (N=64,065)

		By Discharge Status *
		Home (9.9%) N=6,350		Institution (90.1%) N=57,715
	Entire Sample (100%)	Home (45.3%)	HH (54.7%)	SNF† (80.5%)	IRF† (19.5%)
DEMOGRAPHIC & GEOGRAPHIC
Female (%)	75.1	69.0#	71.5#	76.2	73.9
Race (%)
White	91.5	86.1#	87.2#	93.0	91.2
Black	2.7¶	2.1#	3.0#	2.6**	2.1**
Hispanic	5.8	11.8	9.8	4.4	6.7
Mean(±SD) Age, y	82.9(7.5)	79.9(8.2)	79.2(8.2)	83.7(7.3)	81.4(7.3)
Insurance (%)
Medicare/Private	98.8	94.5	97.0	99.3**	99.1**
Medicaid	0.6	3.1	1.8	0.5**	0.5**
None/Self-Pay	0.5	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.2
Median Household Income‡ (%)
Highest quartile	23.8	22.5	18.9	26.6	34.4
Quartile 3	24.3	27.2	24.5	24.9**	23.9**
Quartile 2	28.0¶	25.4	28.6	28.0	21.7
Lowest quartile	24.0	25.1	28.1	20.6**	20.1**
Patient residence§ (%)
Micropolitan, non-metro area	9.7	17.2	9.7	11.4	5.4
Medium-small metro area	30.0	26.4	34.5	27.8	31.5
Large metro area	60.2	56.3	55.8	60.8	63.1
Patient State (%)
Arizona	14.2	27.3#	25.1#	16.3**	16.8**
Florida	50.5	38.1	60.1	37.4	29.8
New Jersey	20.8	13.2	7.2	25.0	43.0
Wisconsin	14.5	21.4	7.6	20.8	10.9
CLINICAL
ED admission (%)	81.8	71.1#	70.5#	80.8	87.1
Mean (±SD) length of stay, days	6.2 (4.0)	6.5 (5.8)#	6.8 (5.2)#	6.2 (3.9)	5.9 (3.4)
Fracture with a joint replacement (%)	33.0	26.6#	24.2#	33.2	36.9
APR-DRG severity measure (%)
Minor	24.2	27.8#	28.2#	24.8	29.2
Moderate	48.5	47.6 #	46.4#	47.7**	47.7**
Major/extreme	27.3	24.5 #	25.4#	27.5	23.1
APR-DRG mortality risk (%)
Minor	28.6	40.6#	41.9#	25.5	35.0
Moderate	54.6	44.5#	44.4#	56.7	50.2
Major/extreme	16.8	14.9#	13.7#	17.8	14.8
Comorbidities (%)
Diabetes with complications	2.3 ¶	1.8 #	2.0#	2.3	3.0
Obesity	1.9 ¶	1.2 #	2.0#	1.9**	2.2**
Hypertension	64.3	59.4#	59.6#	65.4**	66.4**
Congestive heart failure	15.8	10.2 #	11.5#	17.4	13.2
Peripheral vascular disorders	5.6	5.0#	5.8#	5.9**	5.5**
Chronic pulmonary disease	21.5	20.5 #	20.1#	21.4**	21.3**
Rheumatoid arthritis	3.1 ¶	3.4 #	3.7#	3.1**	3.5**
Osteoarthritis	11.5¶	10.7	13.4	11.1	12.9
Cancer	2.7 ¶	3.2 #	2.8#	2.7**	2.7**
Weight loss	2.4	3.9	5.5	2.4	1.4
Depression	9.9	6.9#	7.7#	11.0	9.3
4 or more comorbidities	26.6	19.6#	20.1#	29.3	25.1

HH=home health; SNF=skilled nursing facility; IRF=inpatient rehabilitation facility; APR-DRG=All patient refined diagnosis related group

^*all comparisons significantly different (p<.01) unless indicated;

^†only 2006 FL data are included, in 2005 the FL State Inpatient Database did not distinguish between IRF and SNF discharges;

^‡based on patient zip-code;

^§based on patient county of residence;

^¶no statistically significant difference in proportion discharged to institution vs home;

^#no statistically significant difference in proportion discharged to home with HH vs no HH;

^**no statistically significant difference in proportion discharged to IRF vs SNF