Table 1. Demographics, infectious disease diagnoses and outcomes.
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Demographics and comorbid infectious disease diagnoses § |
Total | Patient-initiated discharge (Missing N = 9) |
Died (Missing N = 1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 240) | Yes (N = 28) | No (N = 203) | Yes (N = 21) | No (N = 218) | |
| Age (years), median (range) | 38 (18–68) | 35 (25–50) | 38 (18–68)* | 42 (21–63) | 37 (18–68) |
| Sex [Female], n (%) | 109 (45%) | 14 (50%) | 89 (44%) | 8 (38%) | 101 (46%) |
| Housing status [Stable], n (%) | 158 (66%)β | 12 (43%) β | 140 (69%) *β | 14 (67%)β | 143 (65%)β |
| Primary care physician [Yes], n (%) | 143 (60%)Փ | 10 (36%) β | 130 (64%)*Փ | 11 (52%)Փ | 131 (60%)Փ |
| HIV, n (%) | 10 (4%) | 4 (14%) | 6 (3%) * | 1 (5%) | 9 (4%) |
| Hepatitis B, n (%) | 4 (2%) | 1 (4%) | 3 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (2%) |
| Hepatitis C, n (%) | 161 (68%) | 19 (68%) | 136 (67%) | 12 (57%) | 149 (68%) |
| Infectious disease diagnoses, n (%) § | |||||
| Bacteremia | 75 (31%) | 6 (21%) | 67 (33%) | 8 (38%) | 67 (31%) |
| Abscess | 70 (29%) | 6 (21%) | 64 (32%) | 2 (10%) | 68 (31%) * |
| Endocarditis | 70 (29%) | 8 (29%) | 55 (27%) | 9 (43%) | 60 (28%) |
| Cellulitis | 49 (20%) | 7 (25%) | 41 (20%) | 1 (5%) | 48 (22%) |
| Sepsis | 24 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 23 (11%) | 9 (43%) | 15 (7%) *** |
| Osteomyelitis | 21 (9%) | 3 (11%) | 17 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 21 (10%) |
| Septic arthritis | 18 (8%) | 1 (4%) | 17 (8%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (8%) |
| Pneumonia | 17(7%) | 1 (4%) | 16 (8%) | 1 (5%) | 16 (7%) |
| Discitis | 11 (5%) | 1 (4%) | 10 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 11 (5%) |
| Meningitis/encephalitis | 5 (2%) | 1 (4%) | 4 (2%) | 1 (5%) | 4 (2%) |
| Other infectious disease diagnosis | 17 (7%) | 3 (11%) | 13 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 17 (8%) |
| Diagnosis count/patient, median (range) | 1 (1–5) | 1 (1–4) | 1 (1–5) | 1 (1–3) | 1 (1–5) |
| Events and outcomes § | |||||
| Length of stay (days), median (range) | 11 (0–229)Փ | 8 (0–70) | 11 (0–229)Փ | 8 (1–27)Փ | 11 (0–229)Փ |
| Social work consult, n (%) | 129 (54%) | 18 (64%) | 107 (53%) | 12 (57%) | 116 (53%) |
| ICU admission, n (%) | 79 (33%)Փ | 6 (21%) | 68 (33%) | 20(95%) | 58 (27%)***Փ |
| Surgery, n (%) | 87 (36%)Փ | 9 (32%) | 72 (35%) | 7 (33%) | 79 (36%)Փ |
| Readmission (30 days), n (%) | 32 (13%)Փ | 8 (29%) | 23 (11%) *Փ | N/A | 32 (15%)Փ |
| ER Visit (30 days), n (%) | 70 (29%)Փ | 15 (54%) Փ | 53 (26%) ** Փ | N/A | 70 (32%)Փ |
§Statistics are for the dichotomous category in square brackets or the "yes" category if not explicitly stated.
Statistically significant differences between outcome strata are denoted by asterisks
*** p<0.001
** p<0.01
*p<0.05.
Փ Missing <5%; β Missing <10%.
N/A—not applicable.