Table 1.
Patient demographic, clinical, and functional status characteristics by discharge setting
| D/C Setting |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Institution | Community | p-value | |
| N | 117,168 | 37,494 | 79,674 | |
| Age, years | 81.4 (7.2) | 83.5 (6.8) | 80.5 (7.2) | <.001 |
| Sex | <.001 | |||
| Female | 72.1% | 71.4% | 72.4% | |
| Male | 27.9% | 28.6% | 27.6% | |
| Race/ethnicity | <.001 | |||
| White | 90.7% | 91.2% | 90.4% | |
| Black | 3.2% | 3.4% | 3.2% | |
| Hispanic | 4.3% | 4.0% | 4.4% | |
| Other | 1.8% | 1.4% | 2.0% | |
| Marital status | <.001 | |||
| Not married | 60.9% | 70.6% | 56.3% | |
| Married | 39.1% | 29.4% | 43.7% | |
| Impairment | *0.061 | |||
| Unilateral fracture | 99.9% | 99.8% | 99.9% | |
| Bilateral fracture | .1% | .2% | .1% | |
| Comorbidity sum | 8.2 (2.3) | 8.5 (2.2) | 8.0 (2.4) | <.001 |
| Duration, days | 5.7 (3.8) | 6.1 (4.2) | 5.5 (3.6) | <.001 |
| Length of stay, days | 13.6 (4.9) | 14.1 (5.3) | 13.4 (4.7) | <.001 |
| FIM cognition: admit | 24.4 (7.1) | 21.9 (7.4) | 25.6 (6.6) | <.001 |
| FIM motor: admit | 35.1 (10.0) | 30.2 (8.9) | 37.4 (9.6) | <.001 |
| FIM total: admit | 59.5 (15.1) | 52.0 (14.2) | 63.0 (14.2) | <.001 |
| FIM cognition: d/c | 27.8 (6.2) | 24.9 (6.8) | 29.1 (5.3) | <.001 |
| FIM motor: d/c | 58.1 (14.7) | 46.4 (13.8) | 63.6 (11.6) | <.001 |
| FIM total: d/c | 85.9 (19.2) | 71.3 (18.4) | 92.7 (15.3) | <.001 |
Values are reported as mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise noted. D/C = discharge. P-values obtained from independent t-tests and chi-square or *Fisher’s exact tests as appropriate.