Table 2. Baseline characteristics of hospitalized epilepsy patients without versus with arrhythmia and epilepsy.

*Significant P-values ≤ 0.05 at 95% confidence Interval

Abbreviations: SNF- Skilled Nursing Facility, INF- Intermediate Nursing Facility, AMA- Against Medical Advice, HMO- Health Maintenance Organization.

Variables	No Arrhythmia	Arrhythmia	P-value*
Unweighted admissions	229418	55446
Weighted admissions	1147090	277230
Age in years at admission
< 18	10.6%	4.1%	<0.001
18 to 44	27.2%	12.7%	<0.001
45 to 64	36.5%	28.6%	<0.001
65 to 84	21.6%	40.8%	<0.001
>85	4.1%	13.8	<0.001
Died during hospitalization
Did not die	98.2%	91.1%	<0.001
Died	1.8%	8.9%	<0.001
Disposition of Patient
Routine	60.4%	37.7%	<0.001
Transfer to short-term Hospital	2.6%	3.1%	<0.001
Other Transfers (SNF, ICF)	21.2%	33.8%	<0.001
Home Health Care	11.6%	15.2%	<0.001
Against Medical Advice (AMA)	2.4%	1.3%	<0.001
Elective Vs. Non-elective Admissions
Non-elective	84.5%	90.9%	<0.001
Elective	15.5%	9.1%	<0.001
Indicator of Sex
Male	48.1%	51.7%	<0.001
Female	51.9%	48.3%	<0.001
Primary Expected Payer
Medicare	43.6%	64.5%	<0.001
Medicaid	27.8%	15.8%	<0.001
Private including HMO	20.6%	14.6%	<0.001
Self - Pay	4.5%	2.8%	<0.001
Race
Caucasian	64.0%	69.0%	<0.001
Afro-American	20.6%	18.4%	<0.001
Hispanic	10.1%	7.6%	<0.001
Asian or Pacific Islander	1.4%	1.6%	<0.001
Native American	0.7%	0.6%	<0.001
Other	3.1%	2.8%	<0.001
Bed Size of Hospital
Small	17.0%	16.9%	<0.001
Medium	27.9%	28.9%	<0.001
Large	55.1%	54.3%	<0.001
Location/Teaching Status of Hospital
Rural	8.2%	7.8%	<0.001
Urban - non teaching	23.2%	24.8%	<0.001
Urban - teaching	68.6%	67.4%	<0.001