TABLE 1.
Characteristics of 30 Hospitals in Orange County, California, 2009
| Hospital characteristic | All hospitals (n = 30) |
Acute care only (n = 25) |
Pediatric only (n = 3) |
LTACa only (n = 5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual no. of admissions, median (range) | 6,920 (70–33,080) | 11,140 (943–33,080) | 2,178 (70–12,496) | 592 (70–1,162) |
| Length of stay, median days (range) | 3 (2–64) | 3 (2–4) | 2 (2–64) | 24 (11–64) |
| Hospital demographic characteristic | ||||
| Age, years | ||||
| <18 | 1 (0–99) | <1 (0–100) | 97 (93–99) | 0 (0–93) |
| 18–34b | 16 (1–38) | 17 (7–38) | 3 (<31 to 7) | 1 (1–2) |
| 35–49 | 18 (6–41) | 18 (12–22) | NA | 41 (6–41) |
| 50–64 | 20 (13–33) | 20 (15–29) | NA | 18 (13–33) |
| 65–84 | 34 (7–59) | 32 (20–42) | NA | 54 (7–59) |
| ≥85 | 15 (0–24) | 14 (5–23) | NA | 23 (0–24) |
| Male sex | 43 (33–64) | 41 (33–59) | 59 (54–64) | 53 (41–64) |
| Race | ||||
| White | 86 (53–96) | 86 (53–96) | 57 (23–57) | 79 (73–80) |
| Black | 2 (1–7) | 2 (1–7) | 2 (2–7) | 4 (1–7) |
| Asian | 14 (0–42) | 15 (0–42) | 6 (0–8) | 13 (0–15) |
| Native American | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 | 0 (0–1) |
| Other or unknown | 11 (1–14) | 10 (1–11) | 3 (1–14) | 12 (5–14) |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 18 (3–65) | 19 (3–65) | 28 (21–65) | 10 (4–21) |
| Insurance carrier | ||||
| Medicare insurance | 45 (26–82) | 41 (26–61) | NA | 82 (71–94) |
| Medicaid insurance | 13 (2–73) | 15 (2–73) | 39 (14–73) | 4 (2–14) |
| Private insurance | 27 (0–94) | 28 (3–56) | 56 (25–86) | 15 (1–86) |
| Hospital case mix | ||||
| Acute myocardial infarction | 9 (0–17) | 9 (0–13) | 0 (0) | 12 (0–17) |
| Congestive heart failure | 16 (0–43) | 16 (0–26) | 0 (0–2) | 36 (0–43) |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 6 (0–18) | 6 (0–9) | 0 (0) | 16 (0–18) |
| Stroke | 10 (1–36) | 9 (1–14) | 2 (1–36) | 20 (17–36) |
| Dementia | 3 (0–22) | 3 (0–10) | 0 (0) | 11 (0–22) |
| COPD/asthma | 18 (0–47) | 18 (14–27) | 15 (0–15) | 35 (0–47) |
| Rheumatologic disease | 2 (0–7) | 2 (0–5) | 0 (0) | 4 (0–7) |
| Ulcer | 2 (0–4) | 3 (0–5) | 0 (0) | 2 (0–4) |
| Paralysis | 2 (0–36) | 2 (0–6) | 2 (0–36) | 6 (5–36) |
| Renal disease | 12 (0–34) | 12 (0–17) | 0 (0–1) | 29 (0–34) |
| AIDS | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0–1) |
| Diabetes | 23 (0–43) | 23 (1–34) | 0.7 (0–1.8) | 43 (0–48) |
| Liver disease | 3 (0–7) | 3 (0–7) | 0.4 (0–0.5) | 3 (0–5) |
| Cancer | 7 (0–17) | 7 (0–17) | 0.2 (0–6) | 10 (0–12) |
| Current surgery | 25 (0–47) | 28 (8–47) | 20 (0–24) | 4 (0–10) |
| High Romano scorec | 26 (0–66) | 26 (0–38) | <1 (0–3) | 58 (0–66) |
NOTE. Data are median % of all hospitalized patients (range), unless otherwise indicated. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonarydisease; LTAC, long-term acute care; NA, not applicable.
a
One hospital is both a pediatric hospital and an LTAC facility.
b
Median and range values for ages over 18 years and Medicare insurance do not include dedicated pediatric hospitals.
c
Romano score was dichotomized into high (≥3) versus low scores.