Table 1.
Patient Demographics.
| Descriptive Statistic: Knee Replacement | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variable | Mean/Percentage | Frequency/Standard Deviation |
| Discharge destinations | ||
| Home routine | 24.2 | 6909 |
| SNF | 29.9 | 8564 |
| HHC | 45.9 | 13 138 |
| Charlson index | 0.52 | 0.82 |
| Payer category | ||
| Private coverage | 32.5 | 9300 |
| Medicare | 60.8 | 17 393 |
| Medicaid | 2.6 | 738 |
| Other pay | 4.1 | 1180 |
| Race | ||
| White | 86.9 | 24 862 |
| Black | 4.2 | 1190 |
| Native American | 0.1 | 23 |
| Asian | 3.2 | 924 |
| Other race | 5.6 | 1612 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic | 11.4 | 3255 |
| Non-Hispanic | 88.6 | 25 356 |
| Age | 68.17 | |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 62.7 | 17 930 |
| Male | 37.3 | 10 681 |
Abbreviations: SNF, skilled nursing facility; HHC, home health care.