Table 1. Summary of patient and clinical characteristics (N = 10,157).
| Baseline Characteristic | Median [IQR] or Number (Percent) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 62.2 [49.9–73.6] |
| Length of Stay (days) | 8.0 [5.0–15.0] |
| Household Income Estimate | $70001 [52001–95001] |
| Insured | 10035 (99%) |
| Female | 4,257 (42%) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 5,664 (56%) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 1,512 (15%) |
| Native American | 35 (0.34%) |
| African-American | 492 (5%) |
| Pacific Islander | 149 (1%) |
| Asian | 1269 (12%) |
| Other | 592 (6%) |
| Unknown | 444 (4%) |
| Charlson Comorbidities | |
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 725 (7%) |
| Congestive Heart Failure | 768 (8%) |
| COPD | 472 (5%) |
| Dementia | 8 (0.1%) |
| Diabetes without Chronic Complications | 590 (6%) |
| Diabetes with Chronic Complications | 97 (1%) |
| Hemiplegia or Paraplegia | 45 (0.4%) |
| Malignancy | 1518 (15%) |
| Metastatic Solid Tumor | 205 (2%) |
| Myocardial Infarction | 27 (0.3%) |
| Mild Liver Disease | 414 (4%) |
| Moderate or Severe Liver Disease | 230 (2%) |
| Peptic Ulcer | 37 (0.4%) |
| Peripheral Vascular Disease | 682 (7%) |
| Renal Disease | 520 (5%) |
| Rheumatologic Disease | 98 (1%) |
| Medical Teams | |
| Cardiology | 913 (9%) |
| Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) | 751 (7%) |
| Cardiac Care Unit-Heart Failure (CCU(HF)) | 370 (4%) |
| Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU) | 280 (3%) |
| Hematology-Oncology | 410 (4%) |
| Medicine | 1179 (12%) |
| Medical ICU | 718 (7%) |
| Neurology | 117 (1%) |
| Surgical ICU | 506 (5%) |
| Surgery Specialty | 1078 (11%) |
| Transplant | 530 (5%) |
| Trauma | 234 (2%) |
| Life-Sustaining Treatment Usage at initial baseline* | |
| CRRT | 288 (3%) |
| Vasoactive | 6,727 (66%) |
| Ventilator | 7,414 (73%) |
| Life–Sustaining Treatment usage at any time of stay* | |
| CRRT | 691 (7%) |
| Vasoactive | 7,442 (73%) |
| Ventilator | 7,932 (78%) |
| Comfort Care | 770 (8%) |
| Any DNR | 1,669 (16%) |
| Died during study period | 1,423 (14%) |
| Died with Comfort Care orders | 714 (50%) |
| Died with Any DNR | 1,161 (82%) |
*Not Mutually exclusive categories