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. 2018 Mar 29;42(1):20–31. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2018.1453436

Table 2. Patient characteristics.

Number of patients, n 68395
Number of facilities, n 1097
Age, mean (SD) 49.58 (19.87)
Male, n (%) 48559 (71.00)
Race, n (%)  
 White 47748 (69.81)
 Black 10169 (14.87)
 Hispanic 5830 (8.52)
 Asian 1558 (2.28)
 Multi-racial 413 (0.60)
 Other 1077 (1.57)
Admission motor FIM, mean (SD) 28.81 (13.57)
Admission cognitive FIM, mean (SD) 27.67 (6.94)
Level of impairment, n (%)  
 Incomplete paraplegia 8391 (12.27)
 Complete paraplegia 7829 (11.45)
 Unspecified paraplegia 3779 (5.52)
 Incomplete quadriplegia, C1-4 6746 (9.86)
 Incomplete quadriplegia, C5-8 8331 (12.18)
 Complete quadriplegia, C1-4 1937 (2.83)
 Complete quadriplegia, C5-8 3215 (4.70)
 Unspecified quadriplegia 2560 (3.74)
 Other 25607 (37.44)
Married, n (%) 29070 (42.50)
Living alone pre-injury, n (%) 14215 (20.78)
Employed pre-injury, n (%) 32427 (47.41)
Primary payor source, n (%)  
 Medicare 20845 (30.48)
 Medicaid 9653 (14.11)
 Commercial 22094 (32.30)
 Unreimbursed 6202 (9.07)
 Workers’ compensation 4254 (6.22)
 Other 5342 (7.81)
Number of comorbidities, mean (SD) 7.64 (2.92)
Length of IRF stay, mean days (SD) 25.84 (23.31)
Discharge disposition, n (%)  
 Community 48417 (70.79)
 Acute facility 8239 (12.05)
 Skilled nursing/subacute 5087 (7.44)
 Other 4628 (6.77)