Table 1.
Distributions of Inpatients Across Demographic and Select Evaluation Variables by Type of Admission, 2011.a
| Variable categories | PPHb | HAIc | With Bothd | Total Discharges | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 272 923 | N = 14 219 | N = 986 | N = 2 642 681 | |||||
| n | % of PPH discharges | n | % of HAI discharges | n | % of both discharges | n | % of total discharges | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 116 172 | 43% | 6898 | 49% | 421 | 43% | 1 030 128 | 39% |
| Female | 156 751 | 57% | 7321 | 51% | 565 | 57% | 1 612 553 | 61% |
| Age group | ||||||||
| Under 1 year | 20 178 | 7% | 435 | 3% | 39 | 4% | 401 863 | 15% |
| 1-17 years | 14 700 | 5% | 363 | 3% | 9 | 1% | 151 462 | 6% |
| 18-24 years | 5992 | 2% | 238 | 2% | 6 | 1% | 190 732 | 7% |
| 25-44 years | 27 135 | 10% | 1165 | 8% | 69 | 7% | 513 224 | 19% |
| 45-64 years | 72 441 | 27% | 4082 | 29% | 299 | 30% | 576 503 | 22% |
| 65-74 years | 47 211 | 17% | 3315 | 23% | 214 | 22% | 334 456 | 13% |
| 75-84 years | 50 633 | 19% | 3097 | 22% | 214 | 22% | 302 540 | 11% |
| 85+ years | 34 633 | 13% | 1524 | 11% | 136 | 14% | 171 901 | 6% |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 143 653 | 53% | 7813 | 55% | 550 | 56% | 1 323 466 | 50% |
| Black | 43 745 | 16% | 1880 | 13% | 139 | 14% | 339 738 | 13% |
| Hispanic | 69 764 | 26% | 3080 | 22% | 243 | 25% | 773 549 | 29% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 2720 | 1% | 197 | 1% | 10 | 1% | 45 762 | 2% |
| American Indian./Eskimo/Aleut | 2052 | 1% | 56 | 0% | 5 | 1% | 18 334 | 1% |
| Other | 10 989 | 4% | 1193 | 8% | 39 | 4% | 141 832 | 5% |
| Primary payer | ||||||||
| Private payer | 55 996 | 21% | 2819 | 20% | 146 | 15% | 842 482 | 32% |
| Medicare | 146 944 | 54% | 8842 | 62% | 646 | 66% | 909 285 | 34% |
| Medicaid | 36 971 | 13% | 1419 | 10% | 111 | 11% | 583 356 | 22% |
| Other government | 5867 | 2% | 326 | 2% | 16 | 2% | 77 403 | 3% |
| Self-pay or charity | 27 145 | 10% | 813 | 6% | 67 | 7% | 230 155 | 9% |
| Comorbid conditions | ||||||||
| Congestive heart failure | 31 194 | 11% | 1 938 | 14% | 177 | 18% | 151 997 | 6% |
| Pulmonary circulation disorders | 3455 | 1% | 485 | 3% | 36 | 4% | 28 883 | 1% |
| Hypertension | 137 217 | 50% | 5498 | 39% | 502 | 51% | 888 641 | 34% |
| Paralysis | 2809 | 1% | 510 | 4% | 21 | 2% | 27 770 | 1% |
| Diabetes without chronic complications | 56 673 | 21% | 2195 | 15% | 202 | 20% | 366 177 | 14% |
| Renal failure | 43 243 | 16% | 2401 | 17% | 265 | 27% | 216 262 | 8% |
| Obesity | 31 030 | 11% | 1411 | 10% | 155 | 16% | 205 673 | 8% |
| Weight loss | 9880 | 4% | 1853 | 13% | 116 | 12% | 82 433 | 3% |
Abbreviations: HAI, healthcare-associated infection; PPH, potentially preventable hospitalizations.
aTexas Health Care Information Collection Inpatient Public Use Data File, 2011.
bAll variable distributions were significantly different than the general inpatient population at p < .0001, except for the comorbid condition of paralysis that was not significantly different from the general inpatient population.
cAll variable distributions were significantly different than the general inpatient population at p < .0001, except for the comorbid condition of depression and measures of rurality that were not significantly different from the general inpatient population.
dAll variable distributions were significantly different than the general inpatient population at p < .05, except for hospital ownership, measures of rurality, public health benefits and the comorbid conditions lymphoma, blood loss anemia, and psychoses that were not significantly different from the general inpatient population.