Table 1:
Data From the Unstratified Sample
| Variable | Value | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Sample size (n) | 7670 | |
| National estimate sample size (n) | 37,464 | 34,913–40,015 |
| Demographics | ||
| Mean age (y) | 40.2 | 39.4–41.0 |
| % Women | 55.9 | 54.2–57.5 |
| Insurance type (%) | ||
| Medicare | 28.5 | 26.5–30.6 |
| Medicaid | 41.0 | 38.8–43.3 |
| Private | 25.6 | 24.0–27.2 |
| Other | 4.8 | 4.3–5.4 |
| Hospitalization information | ||
| % Died | 1.5 | 1.3–1.8 |
| Mean length of stay (d) | 6.9 | 6.6–7.2 |
| Mean total charges ($) | 28,918 | 27,367–30,469 |
| Primary diagnoses for hospitalizations (%) | ||
| UTI* | 10.2 | 9.1–11.2 |
| Complication device, implant, or graft | 9.1 | 8.0–10.2 |
| Chronic ulcer of skin* | 5.9 | 5.2–6.5 |
| Skin and subcutaneous tissue infection* | 4.7 | 4.1–5.3 |
| Septicemia* | 4.3 | 3.7–4.8 |
| Complications of surgery or medical care* | 3.2 | 2.8–3.7 |
| Pneumonia* | 2.6 | 2.2–3.1 |
| Infective arthritis or osteomyelitis* | 2.4 | 2.1–2.8 |
| Calculus of urinary tract | 2.3 | 1.8–2.8 |
| Spondylosis | 2.3 | 1.9–2.8 |
| Diagnoses resulting in death (%) | ||
| Septicemia* | 18.8 | 11.7–25.9 |
| Pneumonia* | 9.4 | 4.6–14.2 |
| Respiratory failure | 7.0 | 2.8–11.2 |
| Acute cerebrovascular disease | 6.5 | 2.3–10.8 |
| Complication of device, implant, or graft | 4.7 | 1.1–8.4 |
| Aspiration pneumonitis | 3.7 | 0.01–7.5 |
| Acute renal failure | 2.5 | 0.0–5.4 |
| Complication of surgery or medical care* | 2.4 | 0.03–4.7 |
| Pericarditis, endocarditis, myocarditis; cardiomyopathy | 2.4 | 0.2–4.6 |
| Acute myocardial infarction | 2.6 | 0.0–5.6 |
*
Indicates diagnoses categorized as potentially preventable.