Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with heart failure (HF) admitted to a skilled nursing facility, stratified by type of HF

	HFpEF (n = 51,162)	HFrEF (n = 41,340)	Unspecified HF (n =58,457)
Age, years (%)
18–64	6.8	8.3	8.6
65–74	17.6	20.3	19.4
75–84	33.9	35.8	34.4
85+	41.7	35.6	37.6
Women (%)	76.2	58.1	68.5
Race/ethnicity(%)
White	82.1	80.5	80.0
African American	10.9	12.0	11.7
Hispanic	3.3	3.8	4.6
Other	1.6	1.6	1.7
BMI, kg/m2 (%)
<18.5	4.2	5.6	4.7
18.5-<25	28.8	35.1	31.3
25-<30	25.0	27.1	26.3
30+	39.4	30.1	35.3
Current smoking(%)	2.6	3.4	3.6
Physical function (%)
Moderate limitations	61.8	60.7	60.8
Severe limitations/dependency	20.8	19.5	22.6
Cognitive status (%)
Moderate impairment	24.0	24.7	24.7
Severe impairment	11.7	12.4	14.3
Delirium(%)	3.0	3.1	3.5
Urinary incontinence(%)	26.8	24.4	28.3
Fall (previous 180 days)(%)	37.2	35.1	40.5
Pressure ulcers (stage 1 or above)(%)	16.5	18.0	18.2
Dyspnea(%)	37.1	34.5	30.5
Top ten medical conditions for index hospitalization (%)*
HF	21.1	25.9	9.9
Septicemia	6.3	6.3	5.3
Pneumonia	5.5	4.0	5.1
Hip fracture	4.3	3.7	5.1
Renal failure	3.8	3.6	3.5
Acute myocardial infarction	2.4†	6.6	2.2‡
Cardiac arrhythmias	3.9	4.1	2.6
COPD	3.4	2.0§	3.2
Respiratory failure	3.5	2.6	2.2‡
Urinary tract infections	2.5	1.8§	3.5

HF, heart failure; HFpEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

^*Among all patientswith heart failure

^†Not a top 10 condition for index hospitalization among patients with HFpEF.

^‡Not a top 10 condition for index hospitalization among patients with unspecified HF.

^§Not a top 10 condition for index hospitalization among patients with HFrEF.