Table 1.
Patient characteristics among SCD-related hospitalisations and among those with SCD who received palliative care during their hospitalisation
| Total N=307 709 982 |
SCD-related hospitalisations N=987 555 |
Prevalence of SCD-related hospitalisations (per 1000 hospitalisations) | SCD-related hospitalisations receiving palliative care N=4442 |
Prevalence of palliative care use (per 1000 SCD hospitalisations) | |
| Age group | |||||
| 18–39 years | 75 567 499 | 733 837 | 9.7 | 2824 | 3.8 |
| 40–59 years | 78 526 326 | 214 939 | 2.7 | 1160 | 5.4 |
| 60–79 years | 101 611 492 | 35 362 | 0.3 | 339 | 9.6 |
| 80+ years | 52 004 665 | 3417 | 0.1 | 119 | 34.8 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| NH-white | 192 567 014 | 16 962 | 0.1 | 214 | 12.6 |
| NH-black | 41 490 748 | 857 006 | 20.7 | 3773 | 4.4 |
| Hispanic | 29 897 432 | 32 676 | 1.1 | 116 | 3.6 |
| Others | 17 422 072 | 23 026 | 1.3 | 157 | 6.8 |
| Missing | 26 332 714 | 57 883 | 2.2 | 181 | 3.1 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 125 745 784 | 427 285 | 3.4 | 1921 | 4.5 |
| Female | 181 778 482 | 559 845 | 3.1 | 2521 | 4.5 |
| Missing | 185 716 | 424 | 2.3 | – | – |
| Discharge status | |||||
| Routine | 202 797 074 | 853 218 | 4.2 | 2619 | 3.1 |
| Transfer | 55 186 460 | 37 409 | 0.7 | 447 | 11.9 |
| Died | 6 740 712 | 6327 | 0.9 | 685 | 108.3 |
| DAMA | 3 847 845 | 44 520 | 11.6 | 69 | 1.5 |
| Other | 38 933 666 | 45 507 | 1.2 | 622 | 13.7 |
| Missing | 204 225 | 573 | 2.8 | – | – |
| Zip code income quartile | |||||
| Lowest quartile | 89 460 128 | 478 674 | 5.4 | 2053 | 4.3 |
| Second quartile | 78 497 949 | 219 619 | 2.8 | 801 | 3.6 |
| Third quartile | 71 474 969 | 163 233 | 2.3 | 836 | 5.1 |
| Highest quartile | 61 340 502 | 100 769 | 1.6 | 703 | 7.0 |
| Missing | 6 936 433 | 25 259 | 3.6 | 48 | 1.9 |
| Primary payer | |||||
| Medicare | 141 357 438 | 315 777 | 2.2 | 1736 | 5.5 |
| Medicaid | 50 563 783 | 428 967 | 8.5 | 1725 | 4.0 |
| Private insurance | 88 933 878 | 170 459 | 1.9 | 671 | 3.9 |
| Self-pay | 26 247 689 | 70 526 | 2.7 | 304 | 4.3 |
| Missing | 607 194 | 1825 | 3.0 | ─ | ─ |
| Hospital characteristics | |||||
| Hospital region | |||||
| Northeast | 33 888 883 | 46 282 | 1.4 | 1226 | 6.1 |
| Midwest | 107 572 349 | 234 180 | 2.2 | 1014 | 5.4 |
| South | 164 884 575 | 701 680 | 4.3 | 1820 | 3.6 |
| West | 1 364 173 | 5411 | 4.0 | 382 | 4.4 |
| Hospital bed size | |||||
| Small | 46 455 596 | 114 366 | 2.5 | 331 | 2.9 |
| Medium | 81 563 430 | 258 481 | 3.2 | 998 | 3.9 |
| Large | 178 326 782 | 609 296 | 3.4 | 3108 | 5.1 |
| Missing | 1 364 173 | 5411 | 4.0 | ─ | ─ |
| Hospital location and teaching status | |||||
| Rural | 33 888 883 | 46 282 | 1.4 | 96 | 2.1 |
| Urban non-teaching | 107 572 349 | 234 180 | 2.2 | 749 | 3.2 |
| Urban teaching | 164 884 575 | 701 680 | 4.3 | 3591 | 5.1 |
| Missing | 1 364 173 | 5411 | 4.0 | ─ | ─ |
Prevalence is the rate of the outcome (SCD or palliative care use) among each patient characteristics.
‘–’ represents cell values <10, which have been suppressed to preserve patient confidentiality, as per HCUP guidelines.
DAMA, Discharged Against Medical Advice; HUCP, Healthcare Utilisation Project; NH, non-Hispanic; SCD, sickle cell disease.