Table 1.

Description of Overall Cohort of Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries Age 65 and Older Hospitalized in the First 3 months of 2015 with High-Acuity EGS Disease (N = 3319)

Characteristic	N	%
Age
65–74	1489	44.9
75–84	1200	36.2
85–94	587	17.7
≥95	43	1.3
Sex
Male	1327	40.0
Female	1992	60.0
Race
White	2934	88.4
Black	231	7.0
Other	36	1.1
Asian	36	1.1
Hispanic	41	1.2
North American Native	20	0.6
Unknown	21	0.6
Elixhauser Index
0	174	5.2
1	419	12.6
2	569	17.1
≥3	2157	65.0
Admitting Diagnosis Category
Peritonitis	21	0.6
Hernias with gangrene	104	3.1
Ischemic enteritis	476	14.3
Perforated viscus	895	27.0
Toxic colitis or gastroenteritis	-	-
Intra-abdominal hemorrhage	-	-
Necrotizing soft tissue infections	65	2.0
Colorectal emergencies	1751	52.8
Major surgical complications
0	1970	59.4
1	1087	32.8
2	228	6.9
≥3	34	1.0
Major systemic complications
0	1808	54.5
1	970	29.2
2	446	13.4
≥3	95	2.9
Discharge Disposition
To home	967	29.1
To home with services	687	20.7
To rehabilitation hospital	180	5.4
To skilled nursing facility	906	27.3
To long-term acute care facility	122	3.7
To other acute care hospital	60	1.8
To hospice	81	2.4
Died during index hospitalization	273	8.2
Other1	43	1.3

^1.Discharge code as “other,” “internally transferred,” or “unknown”

^-Intentionally blank due to cell sizes <10 per data use agreement