TABLE 5.
Acute Care Services by Race/Ethnicity Over 1 Yr From Index Admission
| Overall (N = 53,065) |
White (n = 44,871) |
Black (n = 4,767) |
Hispanic (n = 2,260) |
Asian (n = 842) |
Other (n = 325) |
% Standard Difference vs. Whites |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p Value | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Other | |||||||
| Among all patients | |||||||||||
| Index LOS | 4 (3-7) | 4 (3-7) | 4 (3-7) | 4 (3-7) | 4 (2-7) | 4 (3-7) | <0.0001 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 9.5 | 5.1 |
| Among 1 yr follow-up patients | |||||||||||
| Readmissions | 1 (0-2) | 1 (0-2) | 1 (0-3) | 1 (0-3) | 1 (0-2) | 1 (0-3) | <0.0001 | 22.1 | 19.4 | 9.0 | 14.3 |
| Cumulative LOS | 5 (0-14) | 5 (0-14) | 7 (0-20) | 6 (0-18) | 4 (0-12) | 6 (0-18) | <0.0001 | 24.4 | 17.3 | 4.1 | 17.7 |
| Mean LOS per admission | 2 (0-4.1) | 2 (0-4) | 2.5 (0-5) | 2.3 (0-4.7) | 1.5 (0-4) | 2.3 (0-4.5) | <0.0001 | 21.9 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 13.9 |
| Among readmitted patients | |||||||||||
| Readmissions | 2 (1-3) | 2 (1-3) | 2 (1-4) | 2 (1-4) | 2 (1-3) | 2 (1-4) | <0.0001 | 20.6 | 24.1 | 9.3 | 19.0 |
| Cumulative LOS | 10 (5-20) | 10 (5-20) | 13 (6-26) | 12 (6-26) | 9 (4-18) | 12 (6-25) | <0.0001 | 24.6 | 19.9 | 2.8 | 22.4 |
| Mean LOS per admission | 3.3 (2-5.3) | 3.3 (2-5.2) | 3.7 (2.3-6.2) | 3.7 (2.1-5.6) | 3.3 (2-5.3) | 3.6 (2.2-5.5) | <0.0001 | 20.4 | 12.0 | 0.1 | 18.5 |
| Unadjusted rates | |||||||||||
| 30-day mortality rate | 5.87 | 6.19 | 4.05 | 4.12 | 4.06 | 5.71 | <0.0001 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 2.0 |
| 30-day readmission rate | 22.13 | 21.84 | 24.33 | 24.28 | 19.68 | 20.63 | <0.0001 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 3.0 |
| 1-yr mortality rate | 33.10 | 34.26 | 27.35 | 25.98 | 25.87 | 29.08 | <0.0001 | 15.0 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 11.2 |
| 1-yr readmission rate | 66.21 | 65.54 | 71.77 | 68.50 | 62.80 | 67.38 | <0.0001 | 13.5 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 1-yr any procedures | 46.24 | 44.96 | 55.08 | 51.15 | 45.59 | 56.03 | <0.0001 | 20.3 | 12.4 | 1.3 | 22.3 |
| 1-yr cardiac procedures | 24.07 | 22.39 | 35.70 | 29.26 | 27.41 | 34.04 | <0.0001 | 29.6 | 15.7 | 11.6 | 26.1 |
| 1-yr dialysis | 6.76 | 5.22 | 15.74 | 13.70 | 13.57 | 14.54 | <0.0001 | 34.8 | 29.3 | 28.9 | 31.6 |
Values are median (interquartile range) or %. Reported rates are %. Standardized differences are referenced to those in whites. Standardized differences of >10 are clinically meaningful.
LOS = length of stay.