Table 1.

Comparison of Patient and Hospitalization Characteristics between Intervention and Control Team Patients during Intervention Phase

N=3422	Control patients (n=2704 patients) n (%) or M±SD	Intervention Group (n=718) n (%) or M±SD	p-value
Age	73.38 ± 9.30	73.60 ± 9.27	0.565
Male	1420 (52.51)	395 (55.01)	0.233
RVUs per day*	7.82 ± 3.93	7.98 ± 4.85	0.343
CCS♯	3.69 ± 2.8	3.73 ± 2.78	0.768
Readmitted patient⋲	485 (17.93)	116 (16.16)	0.265
Length of Stay	5.87 ± 6.37	6.19 ± 7.89	0.269

^*RVUs per day: average intensity of hospital care and resource utilization, expressed as relative value units associated with submitted charges over the hospitalization divided by length of stay

^⋲Readmitted patient: Admission date (for this hospitalization) was within 30 days of another inpatient discharge in this healthcare system

^♯CCS=Charlson Co-morbidity Score