Table 3.
Hospital and Encounter Level Characteristics of 129,288 Hospital Discharges by Timing of Central Venous Cannulation Representing Emergent (n=32,419), Urgent (n=30,660), and Late (n=66,209) Procedures.
| Emergent CVC (PRDAYb 0) |
Urgent CVC (PRDAY 1-2) |
Late CVC (PRDAY ≥3) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%)a | n | (%)a | n | (%)a | Totals | p valuec | |
|
Hospital Level Non Teaching Hospital |
21,940 | (24) | 22,475 | (25) | 45,992 | (51) | 90,407 | <.0001 |
| Teaching Hospital | 10,479 | (27) | 8,185 | (21) | 20,217 | (52) | 38,881 | |
| Urban Hospital | 31,704 | (25) | 30,171 | (24) | 65,545 | (51) | 127,420 | <.0001 |
| Rural Hospital | 715 | (38) | 489 | (26) | 664 | (36) | 1,868 | |
| ED Annual Visits | <.0001 | |||||||
| <30,603 | 7,965 | (24) | 7,934 | (24) | 16,853 | (51) | 32,752 | |
| 30,603 to 40,599 | 7,271 | (23) | 7,461 | (23) | 17,179 | (54) | 31,911 | |
| 40,600 to 51,270 | 8,515 | (26) | 8,034 | (25) | 16,027 | (49) | 32,576 | |
| >51,270 | 8,668 | (27) | 7,231 | (23) | 16,150 | (50) | 32,049 | |
| Encounter Level | ||||||||
| Sex d | ||||||||
| Female | 16,061 | (25) | 16,080 | (25) | 32,006 | (50) | 64,147 | <.0001 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-45 | 5,281 | (28) | 4,493 | (24) | 9,275 | (49) | 19,049 | |
| 46-64 | 10,768 | (27) | 9,783 | (24) | 20,057 | (49) | 40,608 | |
| 65-74 | 6,096 | (24) | 5,885 | (23) | 13,159 | (52) | 25,139 | |
| 75+ | 10,274 | (23) | 10,499 | (24) | 23,718 | (53) | 44,491 | |
| Insurance Status e | ||||||||
| Privt Ins/HMO | 5,498 | (18) | 5,505 | (18) | 19,969 | (64) | 30,972 | <.0001 |
| Medicaid | 6,306 | (27) | 5,368 | (23) | 11,999 | (51) | 23,673 | |
| No Insurance | 2,797 | (33) | 1,998 | (23) | 3,792 | (44) | 8,587 | |
| Medicare Old | 14,164 | (23) | 14,319 | (24) | 32,344 | (53) | 60,827 | |
| Medicare Young | 3,647 | (26) | 3,462 | (24) | 7,094 | (50) | 14,203 | |
| Elixhauser Co-Morbidities | ||||||||
| Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders | 18,185 | (25) | 17,133 | (24) | 36,367 | (51) | 71,685 | 0.0005 |
| Congestive Heart Failure | 9,632 | (23) | 9,764 | (24) | 21,764 | (53) | 41,160 | <.0001 |
| Chronic Lung Disease | 9,383 | (25) | 9,245 | (24) | 19,330 | (51) | 37,958 | 0.0016 |
| Uncomplicated Diabetes | 7,173 | (27) | 6,667 | (25) | 13,130 | (49) | 26,970 | <.0001 |
| Coagulopathy | 5,434 | (26) | 4,905 | (24) | 10,502 | (50) | 20,841 | 0.0012 |
| Renal Failure | 5,447 | (24) | 5,358 | (23) | 12,308 | (53) | 23,113 | <.0001 |
| Liver Disease | 3,003 | (26) | 2,872 | (25) | 5,477 | (48) | 11,352 | <.0001 |
| Alcohol Abuse | 2,966 | (29) | 2,533 | (24) | 4,871 | (47) | 10,370 | <.0001 |
| Drug Abuse | 2,846 | (34) | 1,873 | (22) | 3,606 | (43) | 8,325 | <.0001 |
| Obesity | 2,330 | (26) | 2,556 | (28) | 4,206 | (46) | 9,092 | <.0001 |
| Complicated Diabetes | 2,274 | (22) | 2,367 | (23) | 5,845 | (56) | 10,486 | <.0001 |
| Paralysis | 2,182 | (24) | 2,150 | (23) | 4,844 | (53) | 9,176 | 0.0028 |
| Elixhauser Co-Morbidities | ||||||||
| Metastatic Cancer | 1,257 | (22) | 1,335 | (24) | 3,071 | (54) | 5,663 | <.0001 |
| Arthritis | 896 | (24) | 902 | (24) | 1,983 | (52) | 3,781 | 0.126 |
| Solid Tumor (no metastasis) | 851 | (23) | 853 | (23) | 1,936 | (53) | 3,640 | 0.0263 |
a
Row percentages indicated.
b
Procedure Day.
c
Chi-square.
d
112 Missing.
e
26 Missing.