| Patients, n |
1,551,000 |
212,000 |
|
| Comorbidities, % |
|
|
|
| AIDS |
0.3 |
0.1 |
<0.001 |
| Alcohol abuse |
4.4 |
3.2 |
<0.001 |
| Deficiency anemia |
33.1 |
35.5 |
<0.001 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis/collagen vascular diseases |
3.7 |
4.1 |
<0.001 |
| Chronic blood loss anemia |
1.5 |
1.5 |
0.371 |
| Congestive heart failure |
21.1 |
27.4 |
<0.001 |
| Chronic pulmonary disease |
23.7 |
31.4 |
<0.001 |
| Coagulopathy |
14.6 |
13.2 |
<0.001 |
| Depression |
10.6 |
14.8 |
<0.001 |
| Diabetes uncomplicated |
22.6 |
37.7 |
<0.001 |
| Diabetes complicated |
8.0 |
16.7 |
<0.001 |
| Drug abuse |
3.3 |
2.9 |
0.006 |
| Hypertension |
54.8 |
67.6 |
<0.001 |
| Hypothyroidism |
12.6 |
15.3 |
<0.001 |
| Liver disease |
5.4 |
6.3 |
<0.001 |
| Lymphoma |
2.1 |
1.2 |
<0.001 |
| Fluid and electrolyte disorders |
55.6 |
54.2 |
0.002 |
| Metastatic cancer |
5.2 |
2.4 |
<0.001 |
| Paralysis |
7.2 |
5.3 |
<0.001 |
| Other neurological disorder |
15.4 |
10.1 |
<0.001 |
| Peripheral vascular disorders |
9.6 |
9.7 |
0.682 |
| Psychoses |
5.2 |
7.2 |
<0.001 |
| Pulmonary circulation disorders |
5.1 |
8.1 |
<0.001 |
| Renal failure |
25.2 |
30.6 |
<0.001 |
| Solid tumor without metastasis |
4.1 |
2.5 |
<0.001 |
| Peptic ulcer disease excluding bleeding |
0.05 |
0.04 |
0.268 |
| Valvular diseases |
6.7 |
5.9 |
<0.001 |
| Weight loss |
20.4 |
16.3 |
<0.001 |
| Procedure |
|
|
<0.001 |
| No major procedure |
81.8 |
77.6 |
|
| Major diagnostic (Dx) procedure |
0.6 |
0.7 |
|
| Major therapeutic (Tx) procedure |
16.4 |
20.3 |
|
| Both major Dx and Tx procedures |
1.2 |
1.4 |
|
