Table 3.

Patient characteristics (N=70,002).

Characteristics		Values
Hospitalizations per patient, mean (SD); (min, max)		1.2 (0.8); (1, 33)
Shifts per patient, mean (SD); (min, max)		10.7 (16.4); (1, 561)
Age (years), mean (SD); (min, max)		63.8 (17.1); (18, 119)
Sex (female), n (%)		32,199 (46.0)
Race or ethnicity, n (%)
	White	58,476 (83.5)
	Black	6816 (9.7)
	Other	680 (1)
	Missing	4030 (5.8)
Discharge disposition, n (%)
	Home	22,380 (32)
	Transfer to short-term hospital	2087 (3)
	Other transfer (LTACa, SNFb)	36,435 (52)
	Died	8024 (11.5)
	Hospice	895 (1.3)
	Other or missing	181 (0.3)

^aLTAC: long-term acute care hospital.

^bSNF: skilled nursing facility.