Table 1.
Demographic and medical characteristics of cancer patients in IRFs (UDSMR), October 2010– September 2012 (N=27,952)
| Characteristic | All Patients (N=27,952) | Brain and Nervous System (n=14,780) | Digestive (n=3346) | Bone and Joint (n=2437) | Blood and Lymphatic (n=2128) | Respiratory (n=1991) | Other* (n=3270) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | 65.1±14.1 | 61.4±13.7 | 74.3±10.6 | 62.1±14.7 | 66.1±13.6 | 71.8±7.1 | 69.6±13.7 |
| 18–44 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| 45–64 | 35.8 | 44.1 | 16.6 | 41.0 | 34.4 | 19.5 | 24.8 |
| 65–74 | 28.5 | 27.8 | 28.3 | 27.2 | 30.2 | 35.6 | 27.6 |
| 75–89 | 27.4 | 16.9 | 54.1 | 20.1 | 28.7 | 43.8 | 42.2 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 52.2 | 52.0 | 51.8 | 56.1 | 56.9 | 54.0 | 46.7 |
| Female | 47.8 | 48.0 | 48.2 | 43.9 | 43.1 | 46.0 | 53.3 |
| Missing (n) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 79.4 | 78.8 | 82.2 | 74.1 | 77.9 | 85.0 | 80.7 |
| Black | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 13.0 | 10.3 | 7.8 | 10.2 |
| Hispanic | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| Other/unknown | 6.0 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Married | 58.2 | 62.1 | 50.2 | 58.9 | 60.8 | 52.0 | 50.2 |
| Not married | 41.8 | 37.9 | 49.8 | 41.1 | 39.2 | 48.0 | 49.8 |
| Missing (n) | 441 | 236 | 35 | 43 | 46 | 24 | 57 |
| Employment status | |||||||
| Employed | 20.4 | 25.8 | 9.0 | 25.0 | 20.6 | 6.9 | 12.6 |
| Not employed (%) | 14.1 | 17.4 | 5.9 | 17.4 | 13.0 | 7.6 | 10.0 |
| Retired | 65.5 | 56.8 | 85.2 | 57.7 | 66.5 | 85.6 | 77.4 |
| Missing (n) | 465 | 274 | 51 | 37 | 31 | 25 | 47 |
| Primary payer | |||||||
| Medicare | 59.0 | 48.4 | 83.3 | 50.1 | 61.2 | 81.9 | 73.1 |
| Medicaid | 6.2 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
| Commercial | 24.2 | 30.5 | 10.3 | 29.1 | 22.0 | 10.7 | 15.6 |
| Other | 10.6 | 13.6 | 3.9 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 3.8 | 6.4 |
| Prehospital living situation | |||||||
| Living with others | 77.7 | 82.2 | 67.9 | 78.9 | 78.4 | 70.4 | 70.6 |
| Living alone | 22.3 | 17.8 | 32.1 | 21.1 | 21.6 | 29.6 | 29.4 |
| Missing (n) | 382 | 156 | 91 | 17 | 30 | 29 | 59 |
| Onset days to rehabilitation† | 14.6±24.2 | 12.9±25.1 | 17.9±20.1 | 13.4±21.0 | 22.3±29.7 | 11.8±9.7 | 14.5±22.0 |
| Median (IQR) | 9.0 (9.0) | 8.0 (7.0) | 12.0 (12.0) | 8.0 (8.0) | 13.0 (20.0) | 9.0 (10.0) | 9.0 (11.0) |
| Rehabilitation impairment | |||||||
| Brain dysfunction | 47.9 | 86.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 17.7 | 2.5 | 5.9 |
| Debility | 24.3 | 0.7 | 76.4 | 8.3 | 39.7 | 60.5 | 57.7 |
| Spinal cord dysfunction | 12.1 | 11.0 | 0.6 | 51.2 | 16.8 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
| Medically complex conditions | 7.1 | 1.0 | 15. | 5.2 | 17.9 | 17.3 | 14.2 |
| Other | 8.5 | 1.3 | 6.9 | 33.1 | 8.0 | 18.8 | 18.9 |
| Comorbidity tier‡ | |||||||
| Tier A, no cost | 50.8 | 47.9 | 50.8 | 69.3 | 45.4 | 53.9 | 51.9 |
| Tier D, low cost | 33.3 | 37.0 | 31.6 | 21.5b | 37.7 | 26.4 | 28.0 |
| Tier C, medium cost | 12.9 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 6.8 | 13.4 | 10.5 | 12.1 |
| Tier B, high cost | 3.0 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 9.2 | 8.0 |
| Mobility status at admission | |||||||
| Walk | 81.1 | 79.2 | 92.3 | 67.8 | 76.0 | 91.7 | 85.1 |
| Wheelchair | 15.2 | 16.9 | 5.3 | 27.8 | 19.5 | 5.4 | 11.4 |
| Walk and wheelchair | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
NOTE. Values are mean ± SD, percentages, or as otherwise indicated. Cancer patients were identified by ICD codes 140–209.36 and 209.72–209.79. Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.
*
Other cancers include patients with urinary, genital, soft tissue, oral cavity and pharynx, breast, skin, endocrine, and eye and orbit cancers.
†
Number of days from onset of rehabilitation impairment until date of admission to IRF.
‡
Comorbid conditions grouped into those that affect resource demands and increase the cost of the rehabilitation stay.