Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics at Random Assignment

Characteristic	Hospital Care		Early Discharge		All Patients		P
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Episodes	66		47		113
Age, years							.55
Median	47		47		47
Range	20-81		25-74		20-81
Sex							.34
Female	33	50	28	60	61	54
Male	33	50	19	40	52	46
Race/ethnicity							.03
White, non-Hispanic	60	91	34	72	94	83
African American	4	6	9	19	13	12
Hispanic, Asian, American Indian, other	2	3	4	8	6	5
Marital status							.75
Single	13	21	8	17	21	19
Married	37	60	31	67	68	63
Separated, divorced, widowed	12	19	7	15	19	18
Unknown	4		1		5
Education							.06
High school or less	17	27	20	48	37	36
Attended college	16	26	5	12	21	20
Graduate work	29	47	17	40	46	44
Unknown	4		5		9
Living situation							.46
Lives alone	8	14	3	7	11	11
Lives with family/partner	44	77	33	79	77	78
Lives with others	5	9	6	14	11	11
Unknown	9		5		14
Medical insurance							.05
Insured	50	88	29	67	79	79
Disability/Medicaid	4	7	7	16	11	11
Uninsured/self-pay	3	5	7	16	10	10
Unknown	9		4		13
Occupation							.01
Professional/technical/management/administration	40	61	17	38	57	51
Clerical/sales/skilled labor/service	16	24	14	31	30	27
Machinery operator/laborer/farmer/other	0	0	5	11	5	5
Not reported	10	15	9	20	19	17
Unknown	0		2		2
Employment status							.07
Employed full-time/part-time, homemaker, student	34	52	16	35	50	45
Unemployed, retired	21	32	14	30	35	31
Disabled	11	17	16	35	27	24
Unknown	0		1		1