TABLE 1.
Patient Characteristics by Condition
Patient Characteristics |
Heart Failure (N =171,883)
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Myocardial Infarction (N = 62,394)
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Pneumonia (N = 141,404)
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Readmissions within 30 days | 39,954 | 23.2 | 12,131 | 19.1 | 25,169 | 17.8 |
Length of stay (days), median (IQR) | 4 | 3–7 | 5 | 3–8 | 5 | 3–7 |
Age (y), median (IQR) | 80 | 74–84 | 78 | 72–84 | 79 | 74–84 |
Female | 92,884 | 54 | 31,350 | 49 | 75,440 | 53 |
Top reasons for readmission | ||||||
Most frequent | Heart failure | Heart failure | Pneumonia | |||
12,961 32.4 | 1,850 15.3 | 5,318 21.1 | ||||
2nd most frequent | Renal failure | Coronary atherosclerosis | COPD* | |||
1,718 4.3 | 1,696 14 | 1,966 7.8 | ||||
3rd most frequent | Cardiac dysrhythmias | Acute myocardial infarction | Heart failure | |||
1,398 3.5 | 1,000 8.2 | 1,764 7.0 | ||||
4th most frequent | Pneumonia | Cardiac dysrhythmias | Respiratory failure | |||
1,330 3.3 | 497 4.1 | 1,009 4.0 | ||||
5th most frequent | COPD | Nonspecific chest pain | Septicemia | |||
1,223 3.1 | 469 3.9 | 720 2.9 | ||||
6th most frequent | Coronary atherosclerosis/heart disease | Complications of device or procedure | Urinary tract infection | |||
5,139 3.0 | 421 3.5 | 622 2.5 | ||||
7th most frequent | Respiratory failure | Pneumonia | Cardiac dysrhythmias | |||
5,070 2.9 | 353 2.9 | 564 2.2 | ||||
8th most frequent | Hypertension with complications | Renal failure | Renal failure | |||
4,366 2.5 | 308 2.5 | 521 2.1 | ||||
9th most frequent | Complications of device or procedure | Respiratory failure | Intestinal infection | |||
4,314 2.5 | 285 2.4 | 518 2.1 | ||||
10th most frequent | Urinary tract infection | Gastrointestinal hemorrhage | Fluid/electrolyte disorders | |||
3,111 1.8 | 282 2.3 | 445 1.8 |
Note: Top reasons for readmission are based on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Clinical Classification’s software.
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease