Table 1.

Characteristics* of patients admitted from hospice by final discharge status, Florida 2010–2012

	Died before discharge (n=1217)	Discharged to hospice (n=1170)	Discharged to a healthcare facility (n=149)	Discharged home (n=138)	Total (n=2764)
Median age	80	81	84	67	81
Age, years (%)
≤64	16.1	15.2	12.8	45.7	17.1
65–74	18.1	14.9	16.1	18.8	16.6
75–84	29.5	30.3	26.2	21.7	29.2
85–94	31.1	33.7	38.3	9.4	31.5
95+	5.3	6.0	6.7	4.4	5.6
Gender (%)
Male	49.1	47.5	38.9	40.6	47.4
Female	50.9	52.5	61.1	59.4	52.6
Race/ethnicity (%)
White	73.7	69.6	72.5	52.9	70.8
Hispanic	17.0	22.5	16.8	26.8	19.9
Black	6.9	6.7	9.4	15.2	7.4
Other	2.4	1.3	1.3	5.1	2.0
Payer (%)
Medicare/Medicaid	1.3	4.2	35.6	37.0	6.3
Private insurance	14.7	19.2	6.0	26.1	16.8
Tricare/Federal	57.7	49.8	40.3	23.2	51.5
Other	26.3	26.8	18.1	13.8	25.4
12 Most prevalent diagnoses†
Hypertensive disease	37.6	46.4	62.4	50.7	43.5
Non-ischaemic heart disease	31.1	32.1	38.3	18.8	31.3
Cancer	28.1	36.6	23.5	19.6	31.1
Respiratory failure	37.9	18.8	17.5	10.1	27.0
Ischaemic heart disease	25.1	25.0	33.6	21.0	25.4
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	23.9	25.9	27.5	21.0	24.8
Heart failure	25.4	22.3	21.5	19.6	23.5
Psychosis	15.9	28.4	43.6	28.4	23.5
Acute renal failure	16.7	13.4	18.1	10.9	15.0
Stroke	15.6	11.8	13.4	8.7	13.5
Pneumonia or influenza	14.1	14.2	12.1	2.2	13.4
Sepsis	13.6	8.8	9.4	3.6	10.8
Median length of stay (days)	1	2	3	3	2
Per cent with stay >5 days	9.7	7.6	32.9	21.7	10.7

*All per cents are column per cents.

†Based on a mention in any of the 32 diagnosis fields. Each patient could have multiple diagnoses.