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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2017 Nov 7;215(3):411–416. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.10.027

Table 1.

Baseline Patient and Hospital Characteristics

Characteristic Frequency(%),Mean (SD)
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS (n=31,350)
Age (mean) 40.52 (22.9)
Sex
Male 20,667 (65.9%)
Female 10,683 (34.1%)
Race
White 17,085 (54.5%)
Black 4,239 (13.5%)
Hispanic 6,591 (21.1%)
Other 3,435 (10.9%)
Insurance
Medicare 5,943 (19%)
Medicaid 8,447 (26.9%)
Private Insurance 7,594 (24.2%)
Self-Pay 3,342 (10.7%)
Other 5,736 (10.7%)
Comorbidities
Diabetes 3,106 (9.9%)
Hypertension 7,719 (24.6%)
Alcohol Dependence 2,245 (7.2%)
Congestive Heart Failure 945 (3.0%)
Obesity 1,329 (4.2%)
Overall Mortality 896 (2.86%)
Length of Stay (median) 5 (2–11)
HOSPITAL CHARACTERISTICS (n=670)
Total Admissions 36,768.9 (28892)
Inpatient Surgeries 10,464 (8875.2)
Full time residents 416 (484.9)
Full time nurses 1,536 (1355.8)
ICU beds 48.1 (39.2)