Table 2.
Patient and hospital characteristics by GBS status and prevalence.
| Variable | Category | Patient GBS status | Hospital GBS prevalence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noncarrier | Carrier | ≤15% | >15% | ||
| Total number | 2,636,370 | 500,225 | 1,341,521 | 3,136,595 | |
| MRSA infection (%) | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
| Race* (%) | White | 39.04 | 40.12 | 35.69 | 41.85 |
| Black | 8.20 | 12.02 | 7.67 | 9.66 | |
| Hispanic | 19.58 | 14.61 | 26.71 | 12.86 | |
| Asian | 3.87 | 3.92 | 3.70 | 4.01 | |
| Other | 4.29 | 3.97 | 4.23 | 4.24 | |
| Age* (%) | <20 | 9.81 | 10.06 | 11.60 | 9.26 |
| 20–29 | 52.29 | 51.95 | 54.31 | 50.71 | |
| 30–39 | 35.12 | 35.44 | 31.55 | 37.09 | |
| 40+ | 2.67 | 2.54 | 2.43 | 2.89 | |
| Expected payer* (%) | Private insurance | 51.93 | 55.39 | 47.65 | 57.21 |
| Medicaid | 40.98 | 38.63 | 44.03 | 36.59 | |
| Other payer | 6.93 | 5.85 | 8.15 | 5.73 | |
| Diabetes (%) | 0.72 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.74 | |
| Teaching hospital (%) | 45.24 | 48.25 | 40.48 | 49.64 | |
| Urban hospital (%) | 89.20 | 90.53 | 86.80 | 91.36 | |
| Hospital size∗† (%) | Small | 11.69 | 12.06 | 11.14 | 12.20 |
| Medium | 25.76 | 25.43 | 27.35 | 24.48 | |
| Large | 62.42 | 62.39 | 61.35 | 63.22 | |
| Hospital control† (%) | Private or public, collapsed | 57.21 | 60.52 | 51.61 | 62.32 |
| Public | 7.05 | 6.61 | 7.44 | 6.63 | |
| Private, nonprofit | 21.24 | 20.37 | 22.18 | 20.29 | |
| Private, investor owned | 10.72 | 9.33 | 13.74 | 8.08 | |
| Private, collapsed | 3.66 | 3.04 | 4.87 | 2.58 | |
| Hospital region (%) | Northeast | 16.39 | 17.67 | 13.42 | 18.97 |
| Midwest | 20.47 | 21.49 | 18.03 | 22.57 | |
| South | 37.81 | 37.11 | 38.69 | 36.95 | |
| West | 25.33 | 23.73 | 29.85 | 21.51 | |
*Percentages may not add to 100 due to missing values.
†See Introduction to the HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample for an explanation of variable categories.