Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with stroke by hospital discharge disposition status in the complete dataset

Characteristics	Home discharge, N = 86,114 (%)	Facility discharge, N = 41,467 (%)	P
Sex			<0.0001
Male	43,955 (51.0)	18,708 (45.1)
Female	42,159 (49.0)	22,759 (54.9)
Age, y			<0.0001
18–64	36,136 (41.9)	13,604 (32.8)
65–74	25,673 (29.8)	9896 (23.9)
≥75	24,305 (28.3)	17,967 (43.3)
Race			<0.0001
White	71,469 (82.9)	33,114 (79.9)
Black	11,533 (13.4)	7012 (16.9)
Other	3112 (3.7)	1341 (3.2)
Stroke type			<0.0001
Ischemic	78,774 (91.5)	34,143 (82.3)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage	3184 (3.7)	2383 (5.8)
Intracerebral hemorrhage	4156 (4.8)	4941 (11.9)
Comorbidity			<0.0001
Diabetes mellitus	21,353 (24.8)	14,357 (34.6)
Heart disease	30,237 (35.1)	21,205 (51.1)
Hypertension	48,877 (56.8)	32,055 (77.3)
Peripheral arterial disease	5831 (6.8)	2120 (5.1)
Chronic kidney disease	6004 (7.0)	5322 (12.8)
Hyperlipidemia	27,892 (32.4)	15,006 (36.2)
Arrhythmia	10,150 (11.8)	10,766 (25.9)
Depression	4730 (5.5)	3486 (8.4)
Source of admission			<0.0001
Nonhealthcare facility	56,752 (65.9)	30,788 (74.2)
Clinic or physician’s office	19,134 (22.2)	1696 (4.1)
Transfer from a hospital	6014 (6.9)	4544 (10.9)
Other	4214 (5.0)	4439 (10.8)
Primary payer class			<0.0001
Medicare (not managed)	40,441 (46.9)	23,645 (57.0)
Medicare (managed)	14,172 (16.5)	6740 (16.3)
Medicaid	633 (0.7)	262 (0.6)
Private insurance	23,021 (26.7)	7586 (18.3)
Other	7847 (9.2)	3234 (7.8)
Secondary payer class			<0.0001
Medicare (not managed)	6327 (7.3)	3042 (7.3)
Medicare (managed)	2143 (2.5)	1162 (2.8)
Medicaid	5725 (6.6)	4302 (10.4)
Private insurance	24,133 (28.0)	12,379 (29.9)
Other	47,786 (55.6)	20,582 (49.6)