Table 1.

Patient, Hospital, and Outcome Characteristics Summary

Characteristic		No. of Patients	(%)
Age	0–49	4,455	27.6%
	50–64	5,662	35.1%
	65–79	4,120	25.5%
	≥80	1,896	11.8%
Sex	Male	12,048	74.7%
	Female	4,086	25.3%
Race	White	11,217	69.5%
	Black	3,024	18.7%
	Hispanic	1,021	6.3%
	Other	872	5.4%
Income Quartile*	Q1	4,770	29.6%
	Q2	3,963	24.6%
	Q3	3,865	24.0%
	Q4	3,535	21.9%
Primary Payer	Private	6,110	37.9%
	Medicare	5,934	36.8%
	Medicaid	1,648	10.2%
	Other	2,442	15.1%
Location, hospital	Rural	807	5.0%
	Urban	15,327	95.0%
Region, hospital	NE	3,456	21.4%
	MW	2,993	18.6%
	S	6,560	40.7%
	W	3,124	19.4%
Teaching status	Non-teaching	5,195	32.2%
	Teaching	10,939	67.8%
Bed size	Small (1–249)	700	4.3%
	Medium (250–449)	3,209	19.9%
	Large (≥450)	12,226	75.8%
Associated Fracture	Upper Limb	397	2.5%
	Lower Limb	241	1.5%
	Hip	37	0.2%
Comorbidities	0	3,567	22.1%
	1	4,075	25.3%
	2	3,579	22.2%
	≥3	4,913	30.5%
Length of Stay	< 5 days	10,478	64.9%
	≥5 days	5,656	35.1%
Discharge	Routine	6,013	37.3%
Disposition	Not Routine	10,121	62.7%
In-patient mortality		414	2.6%
Surgical Treatment		6,351	39.4%

^*Median household income national quartile for patient zip code