Table 1.
Baseline Patient and Hospital Characteristics
| Patient and Hospital Characteristics | Minority-Serving Hospitals | Non–Minority-Serving Hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| No. of patients | 109,022 | 979,087 |
| No. of hospitals | 14 | 194 |
| Patient characteristics | ||
| Age, yr | 61.8 (18.2) | 62.8 (17.6) |
| Sex, F | 46.5 | 45.8 |
| Ethnicity/race | ||
| White | 39.4 | 80.6 |
| African American | 25.0 | 8.6 |
| Hispanic | 24.5 | 3.0 |
| Other/unknown | 11.1 | 7.8 |
| ICU type | ||
| Cardiac/cardiothoracic | 27.9 | 22.5 |
| Medical | 14.7 | 15.7 |
| Medical/surgical | 48.7 | 55.4 |
| Surgical | 8.7 | 6.4 |
| Charlson comorbidity index | 3.4 (2.7) | 3.5 (2.7) |
| APACHE IV | 55.7 (27.0) | 53.4 (25.5) |
| Admission diagnosis | ||
| Sepsis | 7.7 | 10.2 |
| MI/angina | 9.3 | 8.0 |
| CABG | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| CHF | 3.7 | 3.0 |
| Trauma | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| Drug and alcohol related | 2.6 | 4.4 |
| CVA | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| Pneumonia | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Intracranial bleed | 2.6 | 1.6 |
| Hospital characteristics | ||
| Academic | 28.6 | 6.7 |
| Hospital beds | ||
| >500 | 14.2 | 11.3 |
| 250 to <500 | 36.0 | 15.4 |
| Hospital mortality | 10.5 | 9.5 |
Definition of abbreviations: APACHE IV = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation IV; CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; CHF = congestive heart failure; CVA = cerebrovascular accident; MI = myocardial infarction.
Percentages for categorical variables and mean (SD) for continuous variables are provided.