Table 1. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics for Patients at Enrollment Admission by Study Group Assignment.
| Characteristic | Study groupa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 2892) | Full-tech | Lite-tech | |||
| Low-touch (n = 1523) | High-touch (n = 624) | Low-touch (n = 468) | High-touch (n = 277) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 1641 (56.7) | 872 (57.3) | 358 (57.4) | 259 (55.3) | 152 (54.9) |
| Male | 1251 (43.3) | 651 (42.7) | 266 (42.6) | 209 (44.7) | 125 (45.1) |
| Race | |||||
| Black | 550 (19.0) | 315 (20.7) | 96 (15.4) | 93 (19.9) | 46 (16.6) |
| White | 2221 (76.8) | 1146 (75.2) | 505 (80.9) | 350 (74.8) | 220 (79.4) |
| Otherb | 121 (4.2) | 62 (4.1) | 23 (3.7) | 25 (5.3) | 11 (4.0) |
| Age, median (95% CI), y | 47.0 (46.0-48.0) | 47.0 (45.0-48.0) | 47.0 (45.0-49.0) | 48.0 (46.0-50.0) | 49.0 (46.0-51.3) |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index, median (95% CI) | 1 (1-1) | 1 (1-2) | 1 (1-1) | 1 (1-2) | 1 (1-2) |
| Length of stay, median (95% CI), d | 6 (6-7) | 6 (6-6) | 7 (7-8) | 6 (5-6) | 7 (6-8) |
a
Unless otherwise indicated, data are expressed as No. (%) of patients.
b
Includes African, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Asian American, multiple races or ethnicities, and unknown race or ethnicity.