Table 1.
Characteristics of patients (n=81289)
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Patient age (Mean, standard deviation) | 65.0 (10.9) |
| Male (n, %) | 58398 (72%) |
| Race (n, %) | |
| White | 61621 (76%) |
| Other | 11434 (14%) |
| Black | 5500 (7%) |
| Hispanic | 2734 (3%) |
| Marital status (n, %) | |
| Married | 51094 (63%) |
| Single | 8646 (11%) |
| Widowed | 8439 (10%) |
| Other | 6899 (8%) |
| Divorced | 6211 (8%) |
| Primary payor (n, %) | |
| Medicare | 43164 (53%) |
| Managed Care | 21987 (27%) |
| Indemnity | 8177 (10%) |
| Medicaid | 3614 (4%) |
| Uninsured | 2575 (3%) |
| Other | 1057 (1%) |
| Capitated | 715 (1%) |
| Discharge status (n, %) | |
| To home | 43588 (54%) |
| Home health care | 24444 (30%) |
| Skilled nursing facility | 8028 (10%) |
| Rehabilitation | 2574 (3%) |
| Death in hospital | 1738 (2%) |
| Transfer | 399 (0.5%) |
| Other | 443 (0.5%) |
| Hospice | 75 (0.1%) |
| Any intensive care unit charges (n, %) | 60392 (74%) |
| All patient refined (APR)™ diagnosis-related group risk of mortality (n, %) | |
| 1 | 8702 (11%) |
| 2 | 40789 (50%) |
| 3 | 23747 (29%) |
| 4 | 8051 (10%) |
| All patient refined (APR)™ diagnosis-related group severity score (n, %) | |
| 1 | 27388 (34%) |
| 2 | 32065 (39%) |
| 3 | 15883 (20%) |
| 4 | 5953 (7%) |
| Comorbidities (n, %) | |
| Hypertension | 58492 (72%) |
| Diabetes without chronic complications | 25423 (31%) |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 18974 (23%) |
| Fluid and electrolyte disorders | 12815 (16%) |
| Deficiency anemia | 11981 (15%) |
| Obesity | 11636 (14%) |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 11034 (14%) |
| Coagulopathy | 6335 (8%) |
| Hypothyroidism | 6038 (7%) |
| Diabetes with chronic complications | 4623 (6%) |
| Renal failure | 4308 (5%) |
| Depression | 3781 (5%) |
| Other neurological disorders | 1882 (2%) |
| Alcohol abuse | 1663 (2%) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis or collagen vascular disease | 1191 (1%) |
| Psychoses | 1006 (1%) |
| Paralysis | 949 (1%) |
| Solid tumor without metastasis | 918 (1%) |
| Congestive Heart Failure | 443 (0.5%) |
| Internal mammary graft not used (n, %) | 9938 (12%) |
| Characteristics of site of care | |
| Teaching hospital (n, %) | 30295 (37%) |
| Urban hospital | 76079 (94%) |
| Rural hospital | 5210 (6%) |
| Region (n, %) | |
| South | 46768 (58%) |
| Midwest | 14082 (17%) |
| Northeast | 11201 (14%) |
| West | 9237 (11%) |
| Number of beds (n, %) | |
| 100–199 | 2952 (4%) |
| 200–299 | 7469 (9%) |
| 300–399 | 16678 (21%) |
| 400–499 | 13373 (16%) |
| >=500 | 40817 (50%) |
| Outcomes (n, %) | |
| Mortality up to 30 days | 1825 (2%) |
| Readmission up to 30 days | 8653 (11%) |