TABLE 2.
Hospital-Level Characteristics and Costs for Congenital Heart Defect and Other Hospitalizations, Arkansas State Inpatient Databases 2006 to 2011a
| Hospitalizations including a congenital heart defect diagnosis |
Hospitalizations not including a congenital heart defect diagnosis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Mean costb | Median costb (25th–75th percentile) |
N | Mean costb | Median costb (25th–75th percentile) |
|
| All hospitalizations | 9071 | 39,196 (1020) | 11,133 (3851-36,041) | 2,233,413 | 8423 (9) | 5034 (2883-9382) |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <1 | 4214 (46.5) | 60,335 (2039) | 16,371 (2507-60,255) | 102,112 (4.6) | 7640 (94) | 1438 (830-3581) |
| 1-3 | 469 (5.2) | 38,718 (3291) | 17,586 (3660-41,775) | 24,905 (1.1) | 6245 (140) | 2422 (1485-4486) |
| 4-17 | 475 (5.2) | 42,147 (4049) | 29,084 (4672-49,142) | 98,248 (4.4) | 7881 (64) | 3660 (2404-5966) |
| 18-45 | 1161 (12.8) | 14,184 (656) | 6564 (3510-15,393) | 584,937 (26.2) | 5855 (14) | 3686 (2388-6010) |
| 46-64 | 1200 (13.2) | 17,641 (302) | 10,203 (5592-23,666) | 528,099 (23.7) | 9928 (19) | 6299 (3648-11,236) |
| ≥65 | 1552 (17.1) | 16,414 (506) | 9566 (5200-19,747) | 895,112 (40.1) | 9424 (12) | 6339 (3697-11,073) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 4510 (49.7) | 43,382 (1503) | 13,338 (4205-40,744) | 888,837 (39.8) | 9724 (18) | 5642 (3049-10,820) |
| Female | 4559 (50.3) | 35,071 (1377) | 9636 (3578-32,113) | 1,344,437 (60.2) | 7564 (10) | 4713 (2799-8494) |
| Missing | 2 (0.0) | 139 (0.0) | ||||
| Race | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 6959 (76.7) | 36,361 (1088) | 10,699 (3910-33,950) | 1,804,528 (80.8) | 8508 (10) | 5185 (2954-9640) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1385 (15.3) | 50,972 (2896) | 13,625 (4342-48,547) | 343,487 (15.4) | 8306 (28) | 4724 (2803-8590) |
| Otherc | 714 (7.9) | 44,431 (4820) | 12,056 (2809-43,045) | 83,323 (3.7) | 6936 (56) | 3524 (2079-6234) |
| Missing | 13 (0.1) | 2075 (0.1) | ||||
| Expected payer (overall and by age at admission) | ||||||
| Public | 5471 (60.3) | 42,056 (1490) | 11,436 (3911-36,568) | 1,447,051 (64.8) | 8621 (12) | 5215 (2983-9680) |
| <1 | 2603 (47.6) | 66,074 (2934) | 18,810 (2980-63,141) | 65,585 (4.5) | 8032 (124) | 1511 (853-3676) |
| 1-3 | 298 (5.5) | 34,681 (3894) | 13,889 (3170-39,635) | 16,738 (1.2) | 6376 (179) | 2405 (1489-4394) |
| 4-17 | 285 (5.2) | 41,203 (5752) | 26,931 (3847-46,394) | 61,271 (4.2) | 73,987 (77) | 3596 (2440-5516) |
| 18-45 | 462 (8.4) | 12,166 (1094) | 5133 (3058-12,208) | 252,215 (4.2) | 5594 (22) | 3462 (2299-5564) |
| 46-64 | 406 (7.4) | 17,246 (1085) | 9790 (4822-21,243) | 231,510 (17.4) | 9864 (30) | 6067 (3548-10,940) |
| ≥65 | 1417 (25.9) | 16,512 (536) | 6339 (3716-11,034) | |||
| Private | 2733 (30.1) | 39,184 (1518) | 12,589 (4100-39,369) | 519,702 (23.3) | 8235 (21) | 4771 (2737-8950) |
| <1 | 1256 (46.0) | 58,253 (2972) | 17,949 (2264-64,140) | 25,480 (4.9) | 8145 (195) | 1408 (815-3799) |
| 1-3 | 138 (5.1) | 45,611 (6334) | 26,423 (4534-50,346) | 6323 (1.2) | 6217 (255) | 2455 (1452-4828) |
| 4-17 | 158 (5.8) | 44,677 (6266) | 31,219 (8882-51,650) | 27,327 (5.3) | 8499 (134) | 3864 (2313-6910) |
| 18-45 | 501 (18.3) | 15,907 (984) | 8468 (4633-18,854) | 205,253 (39.5) | 5912 (23) | 3870 (2495-6178) |
| 46-64 | 589 (21.6) | 18,688 (865) | 11,063 (5928-25,373) | 204,924 (39.4) | 10,190 (31) | 6668 (3825-11,716) |
| ≥65 | 91 (3.3) | 17,503 (2083) | 10,452 (5311-21,794) | 50,395 (9.7) | 9903 (66) | 6128 (3301-11,409) |
| Otherd | 739 (8.2) | 21,251 (1613) | 6978 (2840-24,441) | 239,943 (10.7) | 7503 (25) | 4490 (2591-8145) |
| <1 | 275 (37.2) | 26,304 (3504) | 4144 (1307-28,045) | 9656 (4.0) | 3466 (112) | 1091 (714-2271) |
| 1-3 | 33 (4.5) | 46,353 (15,820) | 36,341 (3155-50,883) | 1645 (0.7) | 5322 (423) | 2396 (1533-4304) |
| 4-17 | 31 (4.2) | 39,252 (6197) | 37,425 (10,420-50,825) | 7459 (3.1) | 8724 (246) | 3695 (2291-6677) |
| 18-45 | 187 (25.3) | 14,660 (1483) | 6697 (3682-16,629) | 120,997 (50.4) | 6265 (31) | 3889 (2401-6592) |
| 46-64 | 186 (25.1) | 14,669 (1294) | 8274 (4877-18,287) | 85,272 (35.5) | 9377 (46) | 5963 (3491-10,662) |
| ≥65 | 27 (3.7) | 9434 (1753) | 6135 (4880-11,047) | 14,914 (6.2) | 9075 (88) | 6025 (3376-11,161) |
| Missing | 128 (1.4) | 26,717 (1.2) | ||||
a
Excludes hospitalizations missing age, hospital charges, hospitalizations of out of state residents, and normal newborn births.
b
Costs have been adjusted to 2012 U.S. dollars using the Purchaser Price Index for Hospitals.
c
Other race includes Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, Native American, and other race.
d
Other payer includes self-pay, no charge, and other payer.