Table 2.
Baseline Hospital and Discharge Characteristics
| Catheter Replacement, n = 1,028 | Alteplase Treatment, n = 33,551 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider region* | ||
| New England | 28 (2.7%) | 976 (2.9%) |
| Middle Atlantic | 227 (22.1%) | 1,944 (5.8%) |
| South Atlantic | 247 (24.0%) | 8,047 (24.0%) |
| East North Central | 153 (14.9%) | 3,015 (9.0%) |
| East South Central | 14 (1.4%) | 1,345 (4.0%) |
| West North Central | 98 (9.5%) | 3,590 (10.7%) |
| West South Central | 112 (10.9%) | 5,096 (15.2%) |
| Mountain | 48 (4.7%) | 3,339 (9.9%) |
| Pacific | 94 (9.1%) | 6,083 (18.1%) |
| Unknown | 7 (0.7%) | 116 (0.3%) |
| Population served | ||
| Rural | 56 (5.4%) | 1,838 (5.5%) |
| Urban | 972 (94.6%) | 31,713 (94.5%) |
| Teaching status* | ||
| Nonteaching | 431 (41.9%) | 18,598 (55.4%) |
| Teaching | 597 (58.1%) | 14,953 (4.6%) |
| Hospital size, no. of beds* | ||
| <100 | 4 (0.4%) | 475 (1.4%) |
| 100–199 | 56 (5.4%) | 1,725 (5.1%) |
| 200–299 | 124 (12.1%) | 5,907 (17.6%) |
| 300–499 | 432 (42.0%) | 13,790 (41.1%) |
| 500+ | 412 (40.1%) | 11,654 (34.7%) |
| Primary payor* | ||
| Commercial | 50 (4.9%) | 1,779 (5.3%) |
| Managed care | 221 (21.5%) | 6,888 (20.5%) |
| Medicaid | 132 (12.8%) | 4,146 (12.4%) |
| Medicare | 572 (55.6%) | 17,226 (51.3%) |
| Other government programs | 9 (0.9%) | 439 (1.3%) |
| Any other payor | 44 (4.3%) | 3,073 (9.2%) |
| Admission source* | ||
| Emergency department | 424 (41.2%) | 12,741 (38.0%) |
| Physician referral | 390 (37.9%) | 14,502 (43.2%) |
| Transfer from another health facility | 154 (15.0%) | 4,109 (12.2%) |
| Unknown | 60 (5.8%) | 2,199 (6.5%) |
| Admission type* | ||
| Elective | 205 (19.9%) | 5,872 (17.5%) |
| Emergency | 613 (59.6%) | 19,660 (58.6%) |
| Newborn | 9 (0.9%) | 37 (0.1%) |
| Trauma center | 3 (0.3%) | 279 (0.8%) |
| Urgent | 192 (18.7%) | 7,573 (22.6%) |
| Unknown | 6 (0.6%) | 130 (0.4%) |
*
NOTE: χ2 test, 2-sided, P < 0.05.