Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of male veterans discharged home
| Total 1480 |
Discharged Home n (%) N = 1163 (78.6%) |
Not Discharged Home n (%) N = 317 (21.4%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient-level | |||
| Demographics | |||
| Marital status* | |||
| Married | 687 | 562 (81.8) | 125 (18.2) |
| Not married | 793 | 601 (75.8) | 192 (24.2) |
| Living location before hospitalization† | |||
| Home | 1360 | 1123 (82.6) | 237 (17.4) |
| Extended care or hospital | 120 | 40 (33.3) | 80 (66.7) |
| Amputation type | |||
| Unilateral transtibial | 771 | 606 (78.6) | 165 (21.4) |
| Unilateral transfemoral | 592 | 458 (77.4) | 134 (22.6) |
| Bilateral transtibial | 38 | 32 (84.2) | 6 (15.8) |
| High-level bilateral transfemoral | 79 | 67 (84.8) | 12 (15.2) |
| Amputation etiologies | |||
| Chronic osteomyelitis | |||
| Yes | 105 | 87 (82.9) | 18 (17.1) |
| No | 1375 | 1076 (78.3) | 299 (21.8) |
| Device infection | |||
| Yes | 164 | 137 (83.5) | 27 (16.5) |
| No | 1316 | 1026 (78.0) | 290 (22.0) |
| Diabetes mellitus type 1 | |||
| Yes | 246 | 187 (76.0) | 59 (24.0) |
| No | 1234 | 976 (79.1) | 258 (20.9) |
| Diabetes mellitus type 2 | |||
| Yes | 998 | 782 (78.4) | 216 (21.6) |
| No | 482 | 381 (79.1) | 101 (21.0) |
| Local significant infection* | |||
| Yes | 1144 | 875 (76.5) | 269 (23.5) |
| No | 336 | 288 (85.7) | 48 (14.3) |
| Peripheral vascular disease‡ | |||
| Yes | 1291 | 1004 (77.8) | 287 (22.2) |
| No | 189 | 159 (84.1) | 30 (15.9) |
| Previous amputation complication | |||
| Yes | 139 | 113 (81.3) | 26 (18.7) |
| No | 1341 | 1050 (78.3) | 291 (21.7) |
| Skin breakdown | |||
| Yes | 954 | 741 (77.7) | 213 (22.3) |
| No | 526 | 422 (80.2) | 104 (19.8) |
| Systemic sepsis | |||
| Yes | 132 | 96 (72.7) | 36 (27.3) |
| No | 1348 | 1067 (79.2) | 281 (20.9) |
| Trauma | |||
| Yes | 209 | 162 (77.5) | 47 (22.5) |
| No | 1271 | 1001 (78.8) | 270 (21.2) |
| Comorbidities | |||
| AIDS | |||
| Yes | 12 | 9 (75.0) | 3 (25.0) |
| No | 1468 | 1154 (78.6) | 314 (21.4) |
| Alcohol abuse | |||
| Yes | 83 | 63 (75.9) | 20 (24.1) |
| No | 1397 | 1100 (78.7) | 297 (21.3) |
| Arrhythmias | |||
| Yes | 231 | 174 (75.3) | 57 (24.7) |
| No | 1249 | 989 (79.2) | 260 (20.8) |
| Chronic blood loss anemia | |||
| Yes | 28 | 20 (71.4) | 8 (28.6) |
| No | 1452 | 1143 (78.7) | 309 (21.3) |
| Chronic pulmonary disease* | |||
| Yes | 293 | 212 (72.4) | 81 (27.7) |
| No | 1187 | 951 (80.1) | 236 (19.9) |
| Coagulopathy | |||
| Yes | 68 | 54 (79.4) | 14 (20.6) |
| No | 1412 | 1109 (78.5) | 303 (21.5) |
| Congestive heart failure* | |||
| Yes | 310 | 219 (70.7) | 91 (29.4) |
| No | 1170 | 944 (80.7) | 226 (19.3) |
| Deficiency anemia | |||
| Yes | 324 | 252 (77.8) | 72 (22.2) |
| No | 1156 | 911 (78.80 | 245 (21.2) |
| Depression | |||
| Yes | 134 | 97 (72.4) | 37 (27.6) |
| No | 1346 | 1066 (79.2) | 280 (20.8) |
| Drug abuse | |||
| Yes | 33 | 30 (90.9) | 3 (9.1) |
| No | 1447 | 1133 (78.3) | 314 (21.7) |
| Fluid and electrolyte disorders | |||
| Yes | 284 | 215 (75.7) | 69 (24.3) |
| No | 1196 | 948 (79.3) | 248 (20.7) |
| Hypertension | |||
| Yes | 959 | 758 (79.0) | 201 (21.0) |
| No | 521 | 405 (77.7) | 116 (22.3) |
| Hypertension with complication | |||
| Yes | 8 | 8 (100.0) | 0 |
| No | 1472 | 1155 (78.5) | 317 (21.5) |
| Hypothyroidism | |||
| Yes | 51 | 37 (72.6) | 14 (27.5) |
| No | 1429 | 1126 (78.8) | 303 (21.2) |
| Liver disease | |||
| Yes | 52 | 39 (75.0) | 13 (25.0) |
| No | 1428 | 1124 (78.7) | 304 (21.3) |
| Lymphoma | |||
| Yes | 10 | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) |
| No | 1470 | 1155 (78.6) | 315 (21.4) |
| Metastatic cancer‡ | |||
| Yes | 27 | 17 (63.0) | 10 (37.0) |
| No | 1453 | 1146 (78.9) | 307 (21.1) |
| Other neurologic disorders | |||
| Yes | 39 | 26 (66.7) | 13 (33.3) |
| No | 1441 | 1137 (78.9) | 304 (21.1) |
| Paralysis | |||
| Yes | 62 | 54 (87.1) | 8 (12.9) |
| No | 1418 | 1109 (78.2) | 309 (21.8) |
| Peptic ulcer | |||
| Yes | 18 | 13 (72.2) | 5 (27.8) |
| No | 1462 | 1150 (78.7) | 312 (21.3) |
| Psychosis | |||
| Yes | 105 | 77 (73.3) | 28 (26.7) |
| No | 1375 | 1086 (79.0) | 289 (21.0) |
| Pulmonary circulation disease | |||
| Yes | 10 | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) |
| No | 1470 | 1155 (78.6) | 315 (21.4) |
| Renal failure | |||
| Yes | 235 | 178 (75.7) | 57 (24.3) |
| No | 1245 | 985 (79.1) | 260 (20.9) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | |||
| Yes | 14 | 12 (85.7) | 2 (14.3) |
| No | 1466 | 1151 (78.5) | 315 (21.5) |
| Solid tumor without metastasis | |||
| Yes | 126 | 92 (73.0) | 34 (27.0) |
| No | 1354 | 1071 (79.1) | 283 (20.9) |
| Valvular disease | |||
| Yes | 49 | 34 (69.4) | 15 (30.6) |
| No | 1431 | 1129 (78.9) | 302 (21.1) |
| Weight loss | |||
| Yes | 72 | 56 (77.8) | 16 (22.2) |
| No | 1408 | 1107 (78.6) | 301 (21.4) |
| Treatment-level | |||
| Procedures | |||
| Active pulmonary pathology | |||
| Yes | 10 | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) |
| No | 1470 | 1155 (78.6) | 315 (21.4) |
| Acute central nervous system | |||
| Yes | 111 | 87 (78.4) | 24 (21.6) |
| No | 1369 | 1076 (78.6) | 293 (21.4) |
| Ongoing active cardiac pathology* | |||
| Yes | 164 | 113 (68.9) | 51 (31.1) |
| No | 1316 | 1050 (79.8) | 266 (20.2) |
| Ongoing wound problems | |||
| Yes | 92 | 66 (71.7) | 26 (28.3) |
| No | 1388 | 1097 (79.0) | 291 (21.0) |
| Serious nutritional compromise* | |||
| Yes | 44 | 25 (56.8) | 19 (43.2) |
| No | 1436 | 1138 (79.3) | 298 (20.8) |
| Severe renal disease | |||
| Yes | 107 | 80 (74.8) | 27 (25.2) |
| No | 1373 | 1083 (78.9) | 290 (21.1) |
| Substance abuse/mental health issues | |||
| Yes | 21 | 16 (76.2) | 5 (23.8) |
| No | 1459 | 1147 (76.6) | 312 (21.4) |
| Inpatient rehabilitation type* | |||
| Consultative rehabilitation | 1140 | 877 (76.9) | 263 (23.1) |
| Specialized rehabilitation | 340 | 286 (84.1) | 54 (15.9) |
| Facility-level | |||
| Geographic regions† | |||
| Northeast | 212 | 160 (75.5) | 52 (24.5) |
| Southeast | 464 | 380 (81.9) | 84 (18.1) |
| Midwest | 214 | 167 (78.0) | 47 (22.0) |
| South Central | 359 | 302 (84.1) | 57 (15.9) |
| Pacific Mountain | 231 | 154 (66.7) | 77 (33.3) |
| Total hospital bed size‡ | |||
| Bed size ≤ 126 | 390 | 325 (83.3) | 65 (16.7) |
| Bed size 127–244 | 437 | 337 (77.1) | 100 (22.9) |
| Bed size 245–362 | 547 | 424 (77.5) | 123 (22.5) |
| Bed size >362 | 106 | 77 (72.6) | 29 (27.4) |
*
P < .01;
†
P < .0001;
‡
P < .05.