TABLE 5.

Outcomes by Age Group

	<60 yr (N = 1,780)	60–69 yr (N = 887)	70–79 yr (N = 855)	80+ years (N = 214)	P
Mortality	2.4%	5.8%	7.4%	11.4%	<0.0001
Discharge other than home*	3.5%	6.2%	20.2%	38.2%	<0.0001
Discharge home with or without home health	96.5%	93.8%	79.8%	61.8%	<0.0001
Discharge home with home health†	13.8%	18.7%	27.8%	31.3%	<0.0001
Length of stay (median)	11.0 d	13.0 d	14.0 d	15.0 d	0.02
Total hospital charges (median)	$53,978	$59,791	$66,417	$65,780	0.03
ICU charges (median)	$3,131	$3,750	$5,520	$6,077	0.009

^*Includes skilled nursing facilities, intermediate nursing facilities, other inpatient acute care hospitals, and Medicare- and Medicaid-certified long-term care hospitals or nursing facilities and excludes hospital mortalities.

^†Denominator is the number of patients discharged home.