Table 3.
Characteristics of patients with pneumonia according to survival and post-discharge acute care use. Unless stated otherwise, numbers represent proportion of patients discharged alive with heart failure
| Alive at day 30 (n=2 869 238) | Deceased at day 30 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n=261 924) | Readmission (n=82 174) | Observation stay (n=1980) | ED visit (n=15 412) | No readmission/ observation/ED (n=162 358) | ||
| Demographics | ||||||
| Age, mean (SD), years | 80 (8.3) | 82.9 (8.4) | 81.6 (8.3) | 82.9 (8.6) | 82.1 (8.4) | 83.6 (8.4) |
| Male sex | 46.0 | 50.1 | 52.5 | 50.8 | 52.7 | 48.7 |
| Health conditions | ||||||
| Cardiorespiratory failure and shock (CC 79) | 21.1 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 29.5 | 31.4 | 28.8 |
| Dementia (CC 49, 50) | 28.3 | 45.6 | 37.7 | 44.0 | 45.3 | 49.7 |
| Hemiplegia, paralysis, functional disability (CC 67-69, 100-102, 177, 178) | 7.9 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 11.7 |
| Delirium and encephalopathy (CC 48) |
5.2 | 10.2 | 7.8 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 11.6 |
| Metastatic cancer and acute leukemia (CC 7) | 2.1 | 10.6 | 8.3 | 12.4 | 7.7 | 12.0 |
| Chronic skin ulcer (CC 148, 149) | 10.4 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 18.5 | 18.2 |
| Protein-calorie malnutrition (CC 21) |
10.8 | 26.2 | 22.9 | 25.6 | 24.6 | 28.1 |
| Care patterns | ||||||
| Intensive care unit use | 27.5 | 37.2 | 35.9 | 31.7 | 34.7 | 38.1 |
| Palliative care consultation | 0.7 | 11.3 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 17.0 |
| Major operative procedures | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
| Discharge disposition | ||||||
| Skilled nursing facility | 23.0 | 34.7 | 44.7 | 43.8 | 49.3 | 28.1 |
| Hospice | 1.0 | 26.7 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 42.0 |
| Home health care | 17.6 | 9.9 | 17.7 | 18.2 | 14.7 | 5.4 |
| Long term acute care facility | 1.1 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
CC=condition category code; ED=emergency department.