Table 3.

Racial disparities in PEG placement after ICH stratified by hospital region, location, bed size, ICH case volume, and teaching status.

Variable	OR (CI) of PEG in minorities vs white	p-value for interaction
Hospital region
Northeast	1.65 (1.29-2.11	ref
Midwest	1.38 (1.10-1.72)	0.311
South	1.29 (1.10-1.51)	0.040
West	1.48 (1.23-1.79)	0.777
Hospital location
Rural	1.18 (0.66-2.12)	ref
Urban	1.42 (1.28-1.57)	0.467
Hospital bed size
Small/Medium	1.77 (1.43-2.20)	ref
Large	1.31 (1.17-1.47)	0.011
Hospital ICH case volume
≤ median case volume	1.58 (1.38-1.81)	ref
> median case volume	1.29 (1.12-1.50)	0.007
Hospital teaching status
Non-teaching	1.49 (1.26-1.75)	ref
Teaching	1.37 (1.21-1.56)	0.155

CI indicated confidence interval; ICH: intracerebral hemorrhage; PEG: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.