Table 1.

Characteristics of COMPASS patients at hospital discharge (extracted from medical records), July 2016-February 2018, N=871.

Characteristic	n (%)
Age 65 years or Older	526 (60.4)
Male	443 (50.9)
Race
White	686 (78.8)
African-American	159 (18.3)
Other	24 (2.8)
Unknown	2 (0.2)
Hispanic*	16 (1.8)
Discharge Diagnosis
Ischemic Stroke	573 (65.8)
Transient Ischemic Attack	268 (30.8)
Intracerebral Hemorrhage	18 (2.1)
Ischemic Stroke with Hemorrhage	4 (0.5)
Stroke, Not Otherwise Specified	8 (0.9)
Insurance†
Medicare Fee for Service	437 (50.2)
Medicare Advantage	78 (9.0)
Medicaid	99 (11.4)
Private	244 (28.0)
VA/CHAMPUS‡	28 (3.2)
Self-Pay/No Insurance	75 (8.6)
Not Documented	7 (0.8)
Aphasia at Presentation**	196 (22.5)
Atrial Fibrillation and Discharged on Anticoagulant§	41 (57.7)
Ambulatory Status at Discharge
Independent	641 (73.6)
With Assistance	47 (5.4)
Unable to Ambulate	4 (0.5)
Not Documented	179 (20.6)
Stroke Severity (NIHSS)‡
0	280 (32.2)
1	155 (17.8)
2	105 (12.1)
3–4	119 (13.7)
5–7	56 (6.4)
>7	46 (5.3)
Not Documented	110 (12.6)

^*Compared to ‘No/Not documented.’

^†Categories not mutually exclusive.

^‡VA = Veterans Affairs; CHAMPUS = Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services; NIHSS = National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.

^§71 patients had history of AF at discharge and non-missing data on discharge medications

^**Denominator = 680.