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PACU discharge destination by payer group
| Home | Observation | Inpatient | |
| Managed care | 34 (58%) | 129 (62%) | 70 (38%) |
| Medicaid | 15 (26%) | 49 (23%) | 52 (28%) |
| Medicare | 1 (2%) | 6 (3%) | 40 (21%) |
| Self-pay/charity/other | 8 (14%) | 25 (12%) | 24 (13%) |
| 58 | 209 | 186 |
Medicare was disproportionately represented in the inpatient group, whereas managed care was under-represented.
PACU, postanesthesia care unit.
