Table I.
Patient characteristics
| n (%) or median (range) | |
|---|---|
| EGS transfers | 200 |
| Surgery admissions | 98 (49%) |
| Surgery consults | 102 (51%) |
| Age (y) | 59 (18–100) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30 (15–75) |
| Insurance status | |
| Medicare | 91 (45%) |
| Private | 50 (25%) |
| Medicaid | 42 (21%) |
| Self-pay | 17 (9%) |
| Level of care on admission | |
| Intensive care unit | 66 (33%) |
| Progressive care unit | 35 (18%) |
| Medical-surgical floor | 99 (49%) |
| Transfer diagnosis | |
| Small bowel | 41 (20%) |
| Pancreaticobiliary | 38 (19%) |
| Gastric/foregut | 31 (16%) |
| Colonic | 31 (16%) |
| Skin and soft tissue infection | 24 (12%) |
| Hernia | 15 (7%) |
| Appendix | 4 (2%) |
| Other | 16 (8%) |
BMI, body mass index.