Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients

		Medical Discharges			Surgical Discharges
		CTM-3 respondents N = 11,689	Non-respondents N = 14,219	Standardized difference (respondent vs. not)	CTM-3 respondents N = 7318	Non-respondents N = 15,158	Standardized difference (respondent vs. not)
Mean age (SD)		62.20 (18)	61.49 (18)	0.04	55.25 (16)	57.57 (16)	0.16
Male		5147 (44.0)	6643 (46.7)	0.06	3131 (42.8)	6914 (45.6)	0.18
Rural resident		5725 (49.0)	4262 (30.0)	0.04	1687 (23.1)	2755 (18.2)	0.16
Charlson Comorbidity Index Score	Mean (SD)	2.25 (3)	2.20 (3)	0.02	1.25 (2)	1.37 (2)	0.06
	0	3988 (34.1)	4737 (33.3)		4296 (58.7)	8065 (53.2)
	1–2	3735 (32.0)	4814 (33.9)		1871 (25.6)	4463 (29.4)
	3+	3966 (33.9)	4668 (32.8)		1151 (15.7)	2630 (17.4)
Length of stay for index hospitalization	Days	6.80 (10)	6.86 (11)	0.005	4.63 (10)	4.78 (9)	0.02
Mean LACE index score at time of discharge (SD)		11.44 (3)	11.39 (3)	0.01	7.74 (4)	8.05 (4)	0.09
1+ ED visits, prior 6 months		9815 (83.9)	11,533 (81.1)	0.08	5713 (78.1)	11,926 (78.7)	0.01
1+ hospitalizations, prior year		5142 (44.0)	5446 (38.3)	0.12	1620 (22.1)	3222 (21.3)	0.02
Admission urgency for index hospitalization	Elective	1136 (9.7)	1253 (8.8)	0.05	4927 (67.3)	9996 (65.9)	0.17
	Non-elective	10,533 (90.1)	12,966 (91.1)		2391 (32.7)	5162 (34.1)
Index hospital characteristics	Large Medium Small Teaching	1170 (10.0) 1815 (15.5) 7907 (67.6) 783 (6.7)	3941 (27.7) 2031 (14.3) 5374 (37.8) 2479 (17.4)	0.66	2310 (31.6) 2234 (30.5) 1511 (20.6) 1263 (17.3)	6896 (45.5) 2693 (17.8) 1392 (9.2) 4177 (27.6)	0.52
Admitted to the intensive care unit		520 (4.4)	1007 (7.1)	0.11	661 (9.0)	2222 (14.6)	0.18
Discharge disposition after index hospitalization
Home without support		10,340 (88.5)	12,413 (87.3)	0.04	6702 (91.6)	13,684 (90.3)	0.05
Home with support		1237 (10.6)	1689 (11.9)		608 (8.3)	1441 (9.5)
Long-term care/skilled nursing facility		112 (1.0)	117 (0.8)		8 (0.1)	33 (0.2)