Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic	Total N, 30 day respondents	Value	Total N, nonrespondents	Value
Age, mean in years (SD)	646	61.2 (13.5)	45	55.4 (14.3)
Gender, N (percentage)	646		45
- Female		272 (42.1)		18 (40.0)
- Male		374 (57.9)		27 (60.0)
Race, N (percentage)	643		45
- White		511 (79.5)		32 (71.1)
- Black		104 (16.2)		11 (24.4)
- Other		28 (4.4)		2 (4.4)
Ethnicity, N (percentage)	639		45
- Hispanic		24 (3.8)		1 (2.2)
- Not Hispanic		615 (96.2)		44 (97.8)
Marital status, N (percentage)	646		45
- Married/cohabitate		382 (59.1)		20 (44.4)
- Separated/divorced		118 (18.3)		11 (24.4)
- Widowed		81 (12.5)		5 (11.1)
- Never married		65 (10.1)		9 (2.0)
Insurance type, N (percentage)	646		45
- Medicaid		53 (8.2)		5 (11.1)
- Medicare		270 (41.8)		13 (28.9)
- Private		289 (44.7)		19 (42.2)
- Self-pay		34 (5.3)		8 (17.8)
Years of education, mean in years (SD)	643	14.0 (3.1)	45	13.3 (2.7)
Presence of PCP prior to admission, N (percentage)	646		45
- Yes		596 (92.3)		38 (84.4)
- No		50 (7.74)		7 (15.6)
Site, N (percentage)	646		45
- Site 1		358 (55.4)		8 (17.8)
- Site 2		288 (44.6)		37 (82.2)
Number of preadmission medications, mean number (SD)	641	7.8 (4.8)	45	7.7 (5.4)
Medication Understanding Score, mean (SD)*	597	2.4 (0.5)	40	2.2 (0.62)
Health Literacy (STOFHLA) score, mean (SD)†	642	29.1 (8.9)	45	26.0 (12.0)
Baseline adherence (SD)‡	613	2.7 (1.1)	45	2.4 (1.2)
Minicog score, N (percentage)||	646		45
- Demented		63 (9.8)		5 (11.1)
- Not demented		583 (90.2)		40 (88.9)

^*0–3, with 3 indicating better understanding

^† 0–36, with higher scores indicating higher health literacy

^‡ 0–4, with 4 indicating higher baseline adherence

^||0–5, with higher scores indicating better cognition. A score < 3indicates dementia