Table 5.

Characteristics of hospitalizations (administrative data)

	All admissions (n = 297)	Moderately/ weakly acuity-driven admissions (n = 112)	Strongly acuity-driven admissions (n = 185)	p value
Observation status, n (%)	41 (14)	19 (17)	22 (12)	0.67
Length of stay, days, median (IQR)	2 (4)	2.8 (3.1)	4.7 (7.9)	0.016
Cost, $ (mean, SD)	4,673 (7,361)	3,552 (5,366)	5,350 (8,281)	0.04
30-day ED readmission, n (%)	105 (35)	41 (37)	64 (35)	0.73
30-day hospital readmission, n (%)	79 (27)	35 (31)	44 (24)	0.16