Table 1.
Descriptive Summary of Baseline Demographic and Hospital Characteristics of Thrombolysed In-Hospital and Out-of-Hospital Strokes in the United States, 2005–2010.
| OHS, n (%) | IHS, n (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases | 10,730 (91.3) | 1,020 (8.7) | -- |
| Age-group, y | 0.726 | ||
| 19–64 | 4029 (37.5) | 371 (36.4) | |
| 65–79 | 3738 (34.8) | 366 (35.9) | |
| 80 or more | 2963 (27.6) | 283 (27.7) | |
| Female gender | 5238 (48.8) | 529 (51.9) | 0.063 |
| Ethnicity | 0.032 | ||
| Caucasian | 6889 (64.2) | 684 (67.1) | |
| African-American | 1366 (12.7) | 120 (11.8) | |
| Hispanic | 632 (5.9) | 65 (6.4) | |
| Other | 523 (4.9) | 57 (5.6) | |
| Missing information | 1320 (12.3) | 94 (9.2) | |
| Primary payer | 0.017 | ||
| Medicare | 6248 (58.2) | 603 (59.1) | |
| Medicaid | 709 (6.6) | 85 (8.3) | |
| Private insurance | 2940 (27.4) | 242 (23.7) | |
| Other | 833 (7.8) | 90 (8.8) | |
| Location/teaching status | <0.001 | ||
| Rural | 602 (5.7) | 45 (4.5) | |
| Urban, nonteaching | 4311 (40.7) | 347 (34.4) | |
| Urban, teaching | 5675 (53.6) | 616 (61.1) | |
| Hospital bed-size | 0.002 | ||
| Small | 629 (5.9) | 54 (5.4) | |
| Medium | 2484 (23.5) | 191 (18.9) | |
| Large | 7475 (70.6) | 763 (75.7) | |
| Geographic region | 0.002 | ||
| Northeast | 2435 (22.7) | 280 (27.5) | |
| Midwest | 1722 (16.0) | 140 (13.7) | |
| South | 4306 (40.1) | 378 (37.1) | |
| West | 2267 (21.1) | 222 (21.8) |
IHS indicates in-hospital stroke; OHS, out-of-hospital stroke.