Table 1.
Patient Characteristics (N = 61)a.
| Study Population | |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| 30-39 | 6 (10%) |
| 40-49 | 5 (8%) |
| 50-59 | 16 (26%) |
| 60-69 | 18 (30%) |
| 70-79 | 12 (20%) |
| 80-89 | 4 (7%) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 38 (62%) |
| Black/African-American | 15 (25%) |
| White | 5 (10%) |
| Other | 2 (3%) |
| Marital Status | |
| Married | 31 (51%) |
| Single | 21 (34%) |
| Widowed | 5 (8%) |
| Divorced/Legally Separated | 4 (7%) |
| Primary Language | |
| English | 33 (54%) |
| Spanish | 26 (43%) |
| Bilingual English/Spanish | 1 (2%) |
| Insurance Status | |
| Medicaid | 9 (15%) |
| Medicare | 21 (34%) |
| Private | 21 (34%) |
| Uninsured | 10 (16%) |
| Admit Location | |
| Emergency Department | 38 (62%) |
| Transfer from Acute Care Hospital or Long Term Care Hospital | 17 (28%) |
| Transfer from Outside Emergency Department | 6 (9%) |
| Discharge | |
| Expired | 37 (61%) |
| Long Term Acute Care Hospital | 15 (25%) |
| Hospice (inpatient) | 5 (8%) |
| Hospice (home) | 2 (3%) |
| Home | 2 (3%) |
| Short term hospital | 1 (2%) |
| Primary Diagnosis | |
| COVID-19 Pneumonia | 57 (93%) |
| Other | 4 (7%) |
| Mean Length of Stay | 23.5 (14.0) |
| Mean Length of Stay Not Alert | 18.1 (10.9) |
| Mean Time from Admit Until Not Alert | 3.0 (3.9) |
| Decision-Maker | |
| POA | 4 (7%) |
| Spouse (surrogate) | 32 (52%) |
| Children (surrogate) | 17 (28%) |
| Parents (surrogate) | 7 (11%) |
| Siblings (surrogate) | 4 (7%) |
a Statistics shown are mean and standard deviation for length of stay and time to not alert and quantity and percentage for all the other variables.