Table 1.
Patient Characteristics
| No. (%)* | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Control | Intervention |
| No. of admissions | 138 | 134 |
| No. of patients | 125 | 125 |
| Age, median (IQR), years | 72.7 (66.0, 81.6) | 72.9 (63.02 83.0) |
| Female | 52 (38) | 60 (45) |
| Race | ||
| White | 82 (59) | 70 (52) |
| Black | 49 (36) | 59 (44) |
| Asian | 5 (4) | 2 (2) |
| Other/unknown | 2 (1) | 3 (2) |
| Married | 81 (59) | 74 (55) |
| Admission type urgent | 138 (100) | 133 (99) |
| Elixhauser Index, median (IQR) | 8 (6, 12) | 9 (6, 12) |
| Palliative Connect score, mean (SD) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.5 (0.2) |
| Primary discharge diagnosis category† | ||
| Cardiac | 16 (12) | 15 (12) |
| Endocrinologic | 3 (2) | 2 (2) |
| Gastrointestinal | 27 (20) | 23 (17) |
| Hematologic/oncologic | 22 (16) | 29 (22) |
| Infectious | 36 (26) | 28 (21) |
| Musculoskeletal | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
| Neurologic | 5 (4) | 6 (4) |
| Pulmonary | 12 (9) | 12 (9) |
| Renal | 15 (11) | 17 (13) |
| Rheumatologic | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation
*χ2 testing was used to analyze categorical data; t testing was used for continuous data; P values were non-significant for all comparisons between control and intervention groups
†Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding