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. 2022 Aug 1;8(7):787–797. doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcac045

Table 1.

Demographics, record characteristics, and comorbidities of patients stratified by cancer type

No malignancy Haematological Lung GI Prostate Breast Other P-value
Number of weighted records 40 600 447 495 914 354 349 235 795 220 873 126 617 462 275
Age (years), median (IQR) 72 (60, 82) 76 (67, 83) 72 (64, 79) 72 (63, 81) 79 (72, 85) 72 (62, 81) 72 (63, 81) <0.001
Females, % 49.1% 44.9% 45.6% 43.2% 0% 98.7% 49.7% <0.001
Race
 White 73.9% 79.6% 80.5% 74.1% 73.5% 71.5% 79.2% <0.001
 Black 14.0% 11.4% 11.9% 14% 16.5% 18% 10.9%
 Hispanic 6.0%7.1% 5.2% 3.5% 6.6% 5.8% 6.1% 5.7%
 Asian/Pacific Islander 2.0% 1.4% 1.8% 2.6% 1.6% 1.8% 1.7%
 Native American 0.5% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4%
 Other 2.5% 2.1% 1.8% 2.4% 2.2% 2.3% 2.1%
Hospital location
 Northeast 19.6% 21.7% 20.8% 22.2% 22.1% 20.7% 22% <0.001
 Midwest 23.6% 25.2% 25.4% 24.2% 23.9% 25.6% 23.9%
 South 40.4% 36.7% 39.9% 36.7% 34.5% 37% 36.1%
 West 16.5% 16.4% 13.9% 16.8% 19.5% 16.7% 18%
Hospital size
 Small 13.1% 13.5% 13.4% 13.6% 14.2% 14.2% 12.9% <0.001
 Medium 25.1% 25.5% 26% 25.7% 26.5% 27.1% 24.9%
 Large 61.8% 61% 60.6% 60.6% 59.3% 58.7% 62.2%
Hospital location/teaching status
 Rural 13.1% 11% 12.8% 11.2% 13.2% 11.7% 10.5% <0.001
 Urban non-teaching 41.0% 35.3% 37.3% 35.3% 37.9% 35.2% 34.1%
 Teaching 45.8% 53.7% 49.8% 53.5% 48.9% 53% 55.4%
Weekend admission 22.8% 22.3% 22.2% 22.2% 22.4% 21.5% 22% <0.001
Elective admission 10.8% 9.6% 7.7% 8.2% 10.2% 8.7% 8.7% <0.001
Median income
 1st quartile 29.4% 24.6% 28.4% 27.3% 26.9% 27.7% 25.6% <0.001
 2nd quartile 26.8% 25.8% 26.8% 25.6% 25.5% 25.9% 25.3%
 3rd quartile 23.1% 25.2% 24.1% 24.1% 24% 24.2% 24.7%
 4th quartile 20.8% 24.4% 20.7% 23% 23.6% 22.2% 24.4%
Expected primary payer
 Medicare 66.5% 77.7% 71.7% 69.4% 83.5% 69.5% 69.7% <0.001
 Medicaid 6.6% 3.9% 6.2% 6.4% 2.3% 7.5% 6.1%
 Private 20.4% 15.7% 18.5% 20.5% 11.7% 20.1% 20.6%
 Uninsured 3.9% 1.1% 1.4% 1.6% 0.9% 1.3% 1.6%
 No charge 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
 Other 2.1% 1.5% 2.1% 1.9% 1.6% 1.4% 1.8%
Valvular disease 3.8% 7.2% 4.5% 5.4% 6.5% 6.6% 6% <0.001
Hypertension 69.9% 64.9% 59.3% 61.6% 68.9% 65.5% 62.6% <0.001
Diabetes mellitus 34.2% 30.6% 24.7% 32.8% 30.1% 30.3% 27.8% <0.001
Peripheral vascular disease 9.7% 8.2% 10.6% 6.9% 10.8% 6% 7.6% <0.001
Chronic lung disease 24.8% 24.2% 53% 21.3% 23.4% 22.5% 23.4% <0.001
Chronic renal failure 19.3% 27.9% 13.9% 16% 24.5% 15.7% 20.4% <0.001
Obesity 11.7% 8.5% 5.4% 7% 6.7% 12.4% 8.9% <0.001
Anaemia 17.7% 33.1% 28.4% 36.6% 29.1% 27.6% 30% <0.001
Coagulopathy 3.8% 10.9% 7.5% 8.7% 5.5% 5.3% 6.9% <0.001
Chronic liver disease 1.7% 1.7% 1.2% 5.3% 1.1% 1.2% 1.5% <0.001
Length of stay, days, median (IQR) 3 (2.6) 4 (2.7) 4 (2.7) 4 (2.7) 4 (2.6) 4 (2.6) 4 (2.7) <0.001
Total charge, $, median (IQR) 23 361 (12 691, 46 079) 27 333 (14 780, 53 821) 27 164 (14 995, 21 030) 28 184 (15 078, 54 715) 24 587 (13 229, 48 483) 25 076 (13 978, 46 622) 28 030 (15 205, 53 830) <0.001
Discharge home 56.7% 50.1% 43% 43.8% 48.8% 51.1% 44.6% <0.001
In-hospital mortality 4.2% 6.3% 9.6% 8.3% 5.7% 5% 7.8% <0.001

GI, Gastrointestinal; IQR, interquartile range.

Due to rounding numbers may not add up to 100.0%.