Table III.
Administrative Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Major Non-cardiac Surgery and Selected Outcomes
| Characteristics | POAF N = 10957 (3.0%) |
No POAF N = 359490 (97.0%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary payer | <0.001 | ||
| Uninsured | 17 (0.2%) | 2477 (0.7%) | |
| Indemnity | 387 (3.5%) | 25129 (7.0%) | |
| Managed care | 1089 (9.9%) | 97131 (27.0%) | |
| Medicare/Medicaid | 9128 (83.3%) | 206020 (57.3%) | |
| Other | 336 (3.1%) | 28733 (8.0%) | |
| Characteristics of Hospitals | |||
| Location | 0.76 | ||
| Rural | 1133 (10.3%) | 37491 (10.4%) | |
| Urban | 9824 (89.7%) | 321999 (89.6%) | |
| Area | <0.001 | ||
| Midwest | 1845 (16.8%) | 68513 (19.1%) | |
| Northeast | 3139 (28.7%) | 97051 (27.0%) | |
| South | 3702 (33.8%) | 122238 (34.0%) | |
| West | 2271 (20.7%) | 71688 (19.9%) | |
| Number of beds | <0.001 | ||
| 0–99 | 274 (2.5%) | 10888 (3.0%) | |
| 100–199 | 980 (8.9%) | 34332 (9.6%) | |
| 200–299 | 1476 (13.5%) | 50352 (14.0%) | |
| 300–499 | 4133 (37.7%) | 133877 (37.2%) | |
| > 500 | 4094 (37.4%) | 130041 (36.2%) | |
| Teaching Hospital | 2776 (25.3%) | 92407 (25.7%) | 0.38 |
| Disposition | <0.001 | ||
| Home | 2176 (19.9%) | 165734 (46.1%) | |
| Skilled Nursing Facility | 3693 (33.7%) | 71520 (19.9%) | |
| Home health care | 1988 (18.1%) | 80201 (22.3%) | |
| Died in Hospital | 1549 (14.1%) | 7402 (2.1%) | |
| Rehabilitation | 960 (8.8%) | 25949 (7.2%) | |
| Other | 591 (5.4%) | 8684 (2.4%) | |
| Outcomes | |||
| Mortality | 1549 (14.1%) | 7402 (2.1%) | <0.001 |
| Readmission 15-days | 1066 (9.7%) | 23626 (6.6%) | <0.001 |
| Readmission 30-days | 1584 (14.5%) | 35421 (9.9%) | <0.001 |
| Length of Stay Mean (SD) | 15.0 (14.0) | 6.9 (8.3) | <0.001 |
| Hospitalization Cost Mean (SD) | 42930 (49327) | 21215 (24288) | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: POAF, Post-operative atrial fibrillation