Table 1.
Characteristics of home health care patients (n = 199,462)*
| Patient characteristics | Total (N = 199,462) | Patients with infection (n = 7,018) | Patients without infection (n = 192,444) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age ± SD (y) | 75.1 ± 13.4 | 73.7 ± 14.6 | 75.1 ± 13.4 | .00 |
| Age ≥65 y | 82.8 | 78.1 | 83 | .00 |
| Female | 63 | 57.8 | 63.2 | .00 |
| Ethnicity | .00 | |||
| White | 75.6 | 78.8 | 75.5 | |
| Black | 14.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | |
| Hispanic | 8.0 | 6.5 | 8.1 | |
| Asian | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | |
| Other | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | |
| Payer | .00 | |||
| Medicare (fee-for-service) | 70.4 | 69.2 | 70.4 | |
| Medicare (health maintenance organization-managed care) | 16.0 | 15.2 | 16.0 | |
| Medicaid | 10.0 | 11.7 | 9.8 | |
| Private insurance | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | |
| Past inpatient facility discharge in prior 14 d | .00 | |||
| None | 34.6 | 25.9 | 35.0 | |
| Short-stay acute hospital | 44.6 | 50.0 | 44.4 | |
| Inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.4 | |
| Skilled nursing facility | 14.1 | 15.8 | 14.0 | |
| Long-term care facility | 2.8 | 3.9 | 2.8 | |
| Admission diagnosis | ||||
| Infection | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | .13 |
| Cancer | 6.7 | 8.6 | 6.6 | .00 |
| Renal disease | 13.9 | 18.9 | 13.7 | .00 |
| Receiving intravenous therapy or parenteral nutrition | 3.0 | 5.5 | 2.9 | .00 |
NOTE. Values are percentages unless otherwise indicated.
*
t tests or χ2 tests were used to test the group comparison.