Table 4.
Financial characteristics of malaria-related hospitalizations in the United States, NIS, 2000–2014
| Unweighted frequency | Percent of malaria-related hospitalizations | Weighted frequency | Lower 95% CL weight frequency | Upper 95% CL weight frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital charges* | |||||
| Mean (range) | 25,789 | (194) | (1,021,738) | 24,478 | 27,101 |
| Missing | 104 | 0.0 | 492 | – | – |
| Income* | |||||
| High | 2,492 | 54.3 | 11,955 | 11,274 | 12,636 |
| Low | 1,806 | 39.7 | 8,742 | 8,108 | 9,375 |
| Missing | 274 | 6.1 | 1,333 | – | – |
| Primary payer | |||||
| Medicare | 317 | 6.9 | 1,516 | 1,338 | 1,694 |
| Medicaid | 871 | 19.3 | 4,260 | 3,828 | 4,692 |
| Private insurance | 2,072 | 45.1 | 9,936 | 9,392 | 10,481 |
| Self-pay | 989 | 21.6 | 4,762 | 4,320 | 5,203 |
| No charge | 93 | 2.0 | 451 | 320 | 581 |
| Other | 217 | 4.7 | 1,043 | 884 | 1,202 |
| Missing | 13 | 0.3 | 62 | – | – |
| Total | 4,572 | 100.0 | 22,029 | 21,001 | 23,057 |
CL = confidence level; NIS = Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Unweighted frequencies are the raw frequencies in the NIS, and weighted raw frequencies represent national estimates.
*
Adjusted for inflation to 2015 US dollars. Income category is based on median household income by national quartiles for patient zip code.