TABLE 4.
Institutional characteristics by risk-standardized severe sepsis readmission performance.
| RSRR Performance | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest 2 Quintiles (Best Performance) 14.1 – 19.2% (N = 84) |
Highest 2 Quintiles (Worst Performance) 20.7 – 31.1% (N = 83) |
p* | |
| Case Volume (Median; IQR) | 863 (413–1,278) | 1,029 (689–1,651) | 0.007 |
| Percent ICU Admission (Median; IQR) | 32.0 (26.7–38.7) | 28.7 (24.2–33.7) | 0.028 |
| Percent Medicaid Discharges (Median; IQR) | 11.1 (6.3–17.8) | 12.5 (7.7–17.7) | 0.231 |
| Percent Aged 65+ (Median; IQR) | 57.2 (41.6–66.6) | 51.5 (39.3–69.0) | 0.815 |
| Large Metro Area (N; %) | 60 (71.4) | 57 (68.7) | 0.698 |
| Trauma Hospital (N; %) | 33 (42.3) | 55 (69.6) | 0.001 |
| Teaching Hospital (N; %) | 51 (60.7) | 63 (75.9) | 0.035 |
| Bed Size > 400 (N; %) | 33 (39.3) | 50 (60.2) | 0.007 |
| Census Region (N; %) | 0.025 | ||
| Northeast | 15 (17.9) | 31 (37.4) | |
| Midwest | 26 (31.0) | 25 (30.1) | |
| South | 30 (35.7) | 18 (21.7) | |
| West | 13 (15.5) | 9 (10.8) | |
| Hospital Type (N; %) | 0.756 | ||
| Government, Non-Federal | 21 (25.0) | 25 (30.1) | |
| Non-Government, Non-Profit | 60 (71.4) | 55 (66.3) | |
| Investor-Owned | 3 (3.6) | 3 (3.6) | |
Legend:
*
P-values from non-parametric Wilcoxon rank-sum tests for continuous measures and Pearson Chi-Square tests of association for categorical. RSRR = Risk-Standardized Readmission Rate; ICU = intensive care unit; IQR = interquartile range.