Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of the Sample Cohort.
| Demographic Characteristics |
30 Day Readmission | No Readmission | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n=9,151 (7.25%) |
n=117,328 (92.75%) |
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| Age | µ = 66.01 | µ = 57.65 | ||||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 5,045 | (55.13) | 70,917 | (60.44) | ||||
| Male | 4,106 | (44.87) | 46,411 | (39.56) | ||||
| Race | ||||||||
| Caucasian | 5,737 | (62.69) | 71,796 | (61.19) | ||||
| African American | 2,357 | (25.76) | 26,446 | (22.54) | ||||
| Hispanic | 648 | (7.08) | 10,867 | (9.26) | ||||
| Other | 409 | (4.47) | 8,219 | (7.01) | ||||
| Language | ||||||||
| English | 6,851 | (94.26) | 141,624 | (93.29) | ||||
| No English | 417 | (5.74) | 10,187 | (6.71) | ||||
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Married | 3,771 | (41.21) | 58,159 | (49.57) | ||||
| Not Married | 5,380 | (58.79) | 59,169 | (50.43) | ||||
| Employment Status | ||||||||
| Employed | 991 | (10.83) | 23,073 | (19.67) | ||||
| Not Employed | 4,930 | (53.87) | 46,973 | (40.04) | ||||
| Unknown | 3,230 | (35.30) | 47,282 | (40.30) | ||||
| Insurance Type | ||||||||
| Commercial | 2,828 | (30.90) | 56,286 | (47.97) | ||||
| Medicare | 5,118 | (55.93) | 44,187 | (37.66) | ||||
| Medicaid | 778 | (8.50) | 8,352 | (7.12) | ||||
| Self-pay | 378 | (4.13) | 6,751 | (5.75) | ||||
| Other | 49 | (0.54) | 1,752 | (1.49) | ||||