Table 3.
Health care utilization (ED visits, inpatient admissions, outpatient medications, length of stay, time to readmission, disposition) and mortality in cases and controls
| Cases (n = 247) | Controls (n = 247) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Mean (Std.Dev.) | Cumulative | Mean (Std.Dev.) | Cumulative |
| ED visits, year of high use | ||||
| All years | 8.11 (7.36) | 2003 | 1.74 (1.58) | 431a |
| 2011 | 8.31 (7.01) | 789 | 1.62 (1.21) | 154a |
| 2012 | 6.88 (5.33) | 585 | 1.89 (2.01) | 164a |
| 2013 | 9.39 (9.61) | 629 | 1.74 (1.42) | 113a |
| Number of admissions, year of high use | ||||
| All years | 4.55 (2.01) | 1123 | 1.23 (0.42) | 305a |
| 2011 | 4.79 (2.11) | 321 | 1.26 (0.44) | 82a |
| 2012 | 4.33 (1.88) | 368 | 1.24 (0.43) | 108a |
| 2013 | 4.57 (2.05) | 434 | 1.21 (0.41) | 115a |
| Outpatient medications, year of high use | ||||
| All years | 18.39 (7.50) | 4543 | 6.28 (4.97) | 1550a |
| 2011 | 17.99 (7.36) | 1709 | 5.97 (4.98) | 567a |
| 2012 | 18.26 (7.05) | 1552 | 6.46 (4.51) | 562a |
| 2013 | 19.13 (8.26) | 1282 | 6.48 (5.55) | 421a |
| Mean (Std.Dev.) | Median | Mean (Std.Dev.) | Median | |
| Length of stay (days) | 5.90 (6.99) | 4 | 5.57 (6.99) | 4 |
| Time to readmission (days) | 46.5 (53.4) | 26 | 59.87 (66.22) | 30 |
| % | % | |||
| Disposition | ||||
| Nursing home | 22.27 | 5.26a | ||
| Sub-acute rebab | 11.34 | 6.10a | ||
| Hospice | 9.31 | 2.83a | ||
| Deceased | ||||
| No | 77.33 | 91.09 | ||
| Yes | 22.67 | 8.91a | ||
asignificant at alpha = 0.05