TABLE 2.
Characteristics, Interventions, and Outcomes for Patients Admitted in 2015 to 368 Hospitals in 17 States With a LT-EGS
| Variables | Patients With LT-EGS (N = 3,620), n (%) |
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Age (median, IQR) | 62.5 (51–75) |
| Male | 1,737 (48.0) |
| Race | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,720 (75.1) |
| Black | 286 (7.9) |
| Hispanic | 158 (4.4) |
| Other | 88 (2.4) |
| Unknown | 368 (10.2) |
| Insurance | |
| Medicare | 1,665 (46.0) |
| Medicaid | 475 (13.1) |
| Private | 1,204 (33.3) |
| Self-pay | 159 (4.4) |
| Other | 116 (3.2) |
| Arrival status | |
| Directly to ER | 3,401 (94.0) |
| From Skilled nursing facility, rehab, | 164 (4.5) |
| LTAC | |
| For other acute care hospital | 55 (1.5) |
| LT-EGS condition category | |
| NSTI | 150 (4.1) |
| Intra-abdominal catastrophe | 3,470 (95.9) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Elixhauser Index | |
| No comorbidities | 505 (13.9) |
| 1 comorbidity | 659 (18.2) |
| 2 comorbidities | 633 (17.5) |
| 3 or more comorbidities | 1,823 (50.4) |
| Outcomes | |
| In-patient mortality | 181 (5.0%) |
| Total hospital length of stay, median (IQR) | 7 (5–10) |
| Major systemic complications | 1,230 (34.0) |
| Major operative complications | 1,131 (31.2) |