Table 2.
VLBW Infant Outcomes for All Infants and for Infants of Black and Non-Black Race in All Hospitals and by Hospital Concentration of VLBW Black Infants
| Outcomes | Infants, No./Total (%) | p-Value of High versus Low | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race | Total | Concentration of VLBW Black Patients | ||||
| Low (<11%) | Medium (11–31%) | High (>31%) | ||||
| Overall | ||||||
| Nosocomial infection | All infants | 1,390/8,246 (16.9) | 234/1,641 (14.3) | 503/3,051 (16.5) | 653/3,554 (18.4) | <.001 |
| Discharge home without breast milk | All infants | 3,892/6,964 (55.9) | 615/1,429 (43.0) | 1,346/2,489 (54.1) | 1,931/3,046 (63.4) | <.001 |
| By black and non-black race | ||||||
| Nosocomial infection | Black | 447/2,478 (18.0) | 12/100 (12) | 99/604 (16.4) | 336/1,774 (18.9) | .08 |
| Non-black | 943/5,768 (16.4) | 222/1,541 (14.4) | 404/2,447 (16.5) | 317/1,780 (17.8) | <.01 | |
| Discharge home without breast milk | Black | 1,543/2,091 (73.8) | 54/92 (58.7) | 333/477 (69.8) | 1,156/1,522 (76.0) | <.001 |
| Non-black | 2,349/4,873 (48.2) | 561/1,337 (42.0) | 1,013/2,012 (50.4) | 775/1,524 (50.9) | <.001 | |
Note: The p-value is from a z-statistic comparing high- to low-black hospitals.
VLBW, very low birth weight.