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. 2020 Jun 22;36(7):2161–2163. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-05966-0

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

All admissions Admissions with ACT consult
N Percent N Percent
Admissions 233,567 7489
Patients
  Total 139,061 4719
  Patients admitted ≥ 2 times 39,631 28.5 2405 51.0
  Patients admitted ≥ 10 times 943 0.7 217 4.6
Demographics (patient-level)
  Age (Mean (SD)) 57.0 (19.2) 46.7 (13.4)
  Male 65,469 47.1 3313 70.2
Race
  White 107,979 77.6 3702 78.4
  Black or African American 7889 5.7 339 7.2
  Hispanic or Latino 7457 5.4 326 6.9
  Asian 5913 4.3 43 0.9
  Other 3335 2.4 114 2.4
  Unknown 6488 4.7 195 4.1
Discharge disposition
  Home 179,374 76.8 5160 68.9
  Transferred 44,691 19.1 1613 21.5
  Left AMA 2209 0.9 642 8.6
  Deceased 7174 3.1 70 0.9
  Other 119 0.1 4 0.1
Active SUD diagnosis
  Alcohol 12,688 5.4 4432 59.2
  Opioid 5812 2.5 2316 30.9
  Cocaine 2574 1.1 1027 13.7
  Stimulant 295 0.1 123 1.6
  Sedative 520 0.2 207 2.8
  Other/Poly 1758 0.8 668 8.9
  Any SUD diagnosis 18,618 8.0 6441 86.0
  Number of SUD diagnoses (median (IQR)) 1 (1–1) 1 (1–2)
Overdose
  Opioid 390 0.2 153 2.0
  Other 129 0.1 64 0.9
30-day readmission* (rate (95% CI)
  All admissions 14.7 (14.6–14.9) 22.1 (21.4–22.8)
  Patients admitted < 10 times 12.7 (12.6–12.8) 16.1 (15.4–16.9)

*Excludes deceased patients