Table 3.
Propensity matched outcomes of hospitalizations post-thrombolytics.
| 2003–2005 |
2008–2010 |
2013–2015a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer (n=1316b) | Non-cancer (n=15,444b) | P-value | Cancer (n=5715b) | Non-cancer (n=47,610b) | P-value | Cancer (n=11,750b) | Non-cancer (n=83,375b) | P-value | |
| In-hospital outcomes | |||||||||
| Intracranial hemorrhage, % | 3.1 | 6 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 0.94 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 0.68 |
| GI bleed, % | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.18 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.01 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.78 |
| All bleeding, % | 4.6 | 9.5 | 0.02 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 0.57 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 0.53 |
| In-hospital mortality, % | 10.5 | 11.6 | 0.63 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 0.04 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 0.62 |
| Length of stay (mean±SE, days) | 3.9 ±0.1 | 4.2 ±0.04 | 0.0003 | 3.4 ±0.1 | 3.7 ±0.03 | 0.67 | 3.1 ±0.02 | 3.2 ±0.02 | 0.1 |
| Total hospital charges (mean±SE, US$)c | 21,630±436 | 22,131±400 | 0.07 | 28,036±602 | 28,615±571 | 0.19 | 33,382±289 | 33,875±254 | 0.009 |
| Total hospital costs (mean±SE, US$)d | 8406±130 | 8420±124 | 0.06 | 9168±150 | 9276±143 | 0.07 | 9157±68 | 9087±56 | 0.1 |
| Disposition, % | 0.09 | 0.45 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Home | 31.6 | 24.1 | 24 | 23.4 | 30.1 | 29.7 | |||
| Short term hospital | 7.2 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | |||
| Skilled care facility | 43 | 52.7 | 51.2 | 50.8 | 45 | 47.8 | |||
| Home health care | 7.1 | 6.8 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 13.1 | 10.7 | |||
| Against medical advice | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |||
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||
a
Only data till September 2015 presented.
b
Absolute number of patients (n) included in the propensity matching model. The percentages and P-values are presented from adjusted model.
c
Adjusted to inflation.
d
Using HCUP cost-to-charge, wage index adjustment along with inflation adjustment.