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. 2018 Sep 7;131(11):1324–1331.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.06.013

Supplementary Table 11:

Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure and Pneumonia According to the Primary Payer

Patients aged ≥65 years
Patients aged <65 years
Patient Characteristics, % (SE) Medicare Medicaid Private Insurance Medicare Medicaid Private Insurance
No. of Index Admissions, weighted (SD) 7824671 (63563) 109437 (2181) 434416 (7463) 1215957 (12753) 953466 (12010) 1521762 (14695)
Acute Myocardial Infarction 1310180 (13862) 17337 (417) 98738 (1767) 186158 (2625) 165828 (2406) 586130 (7136)
Congestive Heart Failure 3354561 (27782) 49455 (1149) 169450 (3221) 487817 (6787) 386078 (6437) 347967 (4435)
Pneumonia 3159930 (26032) 42646 (829) 166229 (3083) 541983 (5010) 401560 (4333) 587665 (5549)
Age, mean (SE) 79.5 (0.02) 75.8 (0.07) 75.1 (0.07) 54.7 (0.03) 49.9 (0.03) 52.5 (0.02)
Female 52.6 (0.06) 58.9 (0.34) 41.4 (0.23) 44 (0.11) 46.9 (0.15) 38.5 (0.12)
History of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery 13 (0.07) 9 (0.18) 12 (0.13) 7.9 (0.07) 4.7 (0.05) 4.1 (0.04)
Metastatic cancer or acute leukemia 1.7 (0.01) 1.4 (0.07) 2.2 (0.05) 1.4 (0.03) 1.9 (0.04) 2.3 (0.05)
Diabetes mellitus (DM) or DM complications 37.5 (0.09) 46.9 (0.31) 38.4 (0.19) 46.6 (0.14) 37.8 (0.13) 30.5 (0.1)
Protein-calorie malnutrition 6.2 (0.06) 6.2 (0.18) 5.1 (0.11) 5.1 (0.07) 4.6 (0.07) 2.7 (0.04)
Other significant endocrine and metabolic disorders; disorders of fluid/electrolyte/acid-base balance 34.3 (0.11) 34.8 (0.3) 30.5 (0.18) 35.8 (0.16) 31.2 (0.15) 25.3 (0.12)
Iron deficiency or other/unspecified anemias and blood disease 33.3 (0.13) 36.6 (0.31) 28.6 (0.19) 31.9 (0.18) 27.8 (0.15) 20.8 (0.13)
Dementia or other specified brain disorders 17.3 (0.07) 14.8 (0.24) 9.8 (0.13) 2.7 (0.03) 1.6 (0.03) 0.5 (0.01)
Hemiplegia, paraplegia, paralysis, functional disability 3.8 (0.02) 5.9 (0.13) 3 (0.05) 9.1 (0.07) 6.1 (0.06) 2.1 (0.03)
Congestive heart failure 55.7 (0.13) 54.8 (0.36) 49.1 (0.25) 49.1 (0.24) 46.1 (0.25) 29.6 (0.19)
Acute coronary syndrome 3.8 (0.04) 4 (0.11) 3.6 (0.07) 2.7 (0.04) 2.7 (0.05) 2.3 (0.03)
Valvular and rheumatic heart disease 18.4 (0.11) 14.6 (0.25) 14.8 (0.17) 9 (0.09) 9 (0.1) 7.6 (0.08)
Specified arrhythmias and other heart rhythm disorders 45.2 (0.11) 35.3 (0.29) 40.2 (0.23) 23.5 (0.15) 20.4 (0.14) 21.5 (0.14)
Stroke 0.6 (0.01) 0.6 (0.04) 0.5 (0.02) 0.4 (0.01) 0.5 (0.01) 0.4 (0.01)
Vascular or circulatory disease 21.1 (0.1) 16.4 (0.23) 19.2 (0.18) 18.6 (0.11) 13.7 (0.09) 12.2 (0.08)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 34.6 (0.1) 29.6 (0.34) 31.7 (0.21) 35.9 (0.18) 30.2 (0.17) 15.8 (0.1)
Asthma 3.2 (0.02) 5.5 (0.13) 3.8 (0.06) 6.4 (0.06) 9.2 (0.09) 7.8 (0.06)
Pneumonia 10.2 (0.05) 9.9 (0.16) 8.7 (0.1) 8.2 (0.06) 7.5 (0.06) 5.7 (0.04)
Dialysis status 2.3 (0.02) 4.6 (0.12) 1.6 (0.04) 9.1 (0.11) 2.6 (0.04) 1.2 (0.02)
Renal failure 40.7 (0.12) 40.3 (0.33) 36.1 (0.25) 39.3 (0.23) 27.6 (0.22) 17.7 (0.14)
Other urinary tract disorders 5.4 (0.04) 4.9 (0.12) 5 (0.08) 3.7 (0.04) 3.4 (0.04) 3.1 (0.04)
Decubitus ulcer or chronic skin ulcer 5 (0.03) 4.8 (0.12) 3.7 (0.06) 5 (0.05) 3.5 (0.04) 1.6 (0.02)