Age (years) | | | <0.001 |
<70 | 30.03 | 52.29 | |
70 and above | 69.97 | 47.71 | |
Gender | | | <0.001 |
Male | 60.87 | 54.32 | |
Female | 39.13 | 45.68 | |
Race/Ethnicity | | <0.001 |
Non-Hispanic white | 71.91 | 61.94 | |
Non-Hispanic black | 17.33 | 23.20 | |
Hispanic | 5.91 | 8.95 | |
Non-Hispanic other | 4.85 | 5.91 | |
Median household income national quartiles | | | <0.001 |
Quartile 1 | 23.37 | 27.47 | |
Quartile 2 | 24.35 | 24.76 | |
Quartile 3 | 26.26 | 24.39 | |
Quartile 4 | 26.02 | 23.37 | |
Insurance type | | <0.001 |
Medicare | 80.99 | 65.70 | |
Medicaid | 3.18 | 7.04 | |
Private | 13.64 | 23.73 | |
Other | 2.20 | 3.53 | |
Hospital region | | <0.001 |
Northeast | 20.11 | 21.03 | |
Midwest | 25.46 | 22.6 | |
South | 35.47 | 38.57 | |
West | 18.96 | 17.80 | |
Hospital location | | <0.001 |
Rural | 6.13 | 6.40 | |
Urban non-teaching | 21.54 | 18.47 | |
Urban teaching | 72.33 | 75.12 | |
Patient disposition | | <0.001 |
Routine | 38.23 | 54.01 | |
Transfer to facility/Home healthcare | 51.15 | 41.63 | |
Died | 10.63 | 4.36 | |
Mortality | | | <0.001 |
No | 89.75 | 96.29 | |
Yes | 10.25 | 3.71 | |
Admission type | | <0.001 |
Elective | 10.11 | 17.22 | |
Non-elective | 89.89 | 82.78 | |
Length of stay | | <0.001 |
5 days or less | 51.03 | 58.14 | |
>5 days | 48.97 | 41.86 | |
Charlson Comorbidity Index | | | <0.001 |
0–4 | 43.91 | 62.70 | |
5–7 | 40.77 | 25.99 | |
≥8 | 15.33 | 11.31 | |