Table 2.
Demographics of patients admitted to the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY).
| Characteristic | Patients (N=48,497), n (%) | ||
| Demographics | |||
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Age (years) | ||
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<65 | 18,512 (38.2) |
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≥65 | 29,985 (61.8) |
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Sex | ||
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Female | 28,094 (57.9) |
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Male | 20,403 (42.1) |
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Race |
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Non-Hispanic White | 21,070 (43.5) |
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Non-Hispanic Black | 11,574 (23.9) |
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Hispanic | 11,416 (23.5) |
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Other | 4437 (9.2) |
| Type of insurance | |||
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Dual eligibility | 5777 (11.9) | |
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Medicare FFSa only | 13,147 (27.1) | |
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Medicaid FFS only | 420 (0.9) | |
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Any HMOb | 15,954 (32.9) | |
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Other (eg, private) | 13,199 (27.2) | |
| Living situation | |||
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Living with others (eg, congregate living) | 36,106 (74.5) | |
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Living alone | 12,391 (25.6) | |
| Current condition | |||
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Congestive heart failure | 6682 (13.8) | |
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Cardiac arrhythmias | 4882 (10.1) | |
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Hypertension | 28,804 (59.4) | |
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Chronic pulmonary disease | 6678 (13.8) | |
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Diabetes | 15,204 (31.4) | |
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Renal failure | 5244 (10.8) | |
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Cancer | 7591 (15.7) | |
aFFS: fee-for-service.
bHMO: health maintenance organization.