Table 4. Hospitalization trends in systemic sclerosis in the inpatient population.
Significant p-values ≤ 0.05 at 95% confidence interval.
USD: United States Dollars; SNF: Skilled nursing facility; INF: Intermediate nursing facility; HHC: Home Health Care; AMA: against medical advice
| Variable | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Total | p-value | Trend |
| Admission Type | ||||||||
| Non-elective | 86.3 % | 86.1 % | 83.0 % | 87.3 % | 88.6 % | 86.2 % | < 0.001 | Increasing |
| Elective | 13.7 % | 13.9 % | 17.0 % | 12.7 % | 11.4 % | 13.8 % | Decreasing | |
| Severity of Illness / Morbidity | ||||||||
| Minor | 1.9 % | 3.6 % | 3.6 % | 6.0 % | 3.6 % | 3.7 % | < 0.001 | Increasing |
| Moderate | 21.7 % | 21.1 % | 30.3 % | 25.8 % | 26.1 % | 24.9 % | Variable | |
| Major | 76.0 % | 75.3 % | 66.1 % | 68.2 % | 70.4 % | 71.4 % | Decreasing | |
| Inpatient Stay (in days) | ||||||||
| Mean stay | 9.1 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 8.6 | < 0.001 | Variable |
| Inpatient Total Charge (in USD) | ||||||||
| Mean charge | 69713 | 77131 | 80095 | 86080 | 103884 | 82520 | < 0.001 | Increasing |
| In-hospital Mortality | ||||||||
| Did not die | 89.7 % | 94.3 % | 92.8 % | 91.6 % | 90.9 % | 91.9 % | < 0.001 | Increasing |
| Died | 10.3 % | 5.7 % | 7.2 % | 8.4 % | 9.1 % | 8.1 % | Decreasing | |
| Disposition / discharge | ||||||||
| Routine | 57.4 % | 60.1 % | 58.9 % | 53.5 % | 55.0 % | 57.2 % | < 0.001 | Decreasing |
| Short-term hospital | 4.9 % | 2.1 % | 3.1 % | 3.0 % | 3.3 % | 3.3 % | Decreasing | |
| SNF/INF | 9.8 % | 14.1 % | 10.8 % | 13.2 % | 12. 1% | 12.0 % | Increasing | |
| HHC | 17.0 % | 17.0 % | 19.4 % | 21.3 % | 19.9 % | 18.8 % | Increasing | |
| AMA | 0.6 % | 1.0 % | 0.6 % | 0.3 % | 0.7 % | 0.6 % | Variable | |