Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics for medically ill patients*
Chronic heart failure (N = 1592) | Thromboembolic stroke (N = 1684) | Severe lung disease (N = 3834) | Acute infection (N = 1658) | Cancer (N = 2367) | Total (n = 11,135) | |||||||
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Mean, n | SD, % | Mean, n | SD, % | Mean, n | SD, % | Mean, n | SD, % | Mean, n | SD, % | Mean, N | SD, % | |
Age, yr (mean) | 71.13 | 12.97 | 70.67 | 12.06 | 64.04 | 20.20 | 63.59 | 20.01 | 63.48 | 13.20 | 65.87 | 17.14 |
Median | 74 | 73 | 69 | 67 | 64 | 69 | ||||||
Max | 99 | 97 | 101 | 100 | 99 | 101 | ||||||
Min | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
0-64 | 471 | 29.59% | 523 | 31.06% | 1596 | 41.63% | 762 | 45.96% | 1256 | 53.06% | 4608 | 41.38% |
65-74 | 378 | 23.74% | 416 | 24.70% | 880 | 22.95% | 333 | 20.08% | 604 | 25.52% | 2611 | 23.45% |
75-84 | 528 | 33.17% | 562 | 33.37% | 1034 | 26.97% | 390 | 23.52% | 424 | 17.91% | 2938 | 26.39% |
85-94 | 194 | 12.19% | 174 | 10.33% | 311 | 8.11% | 160 | 9.65% | 80 | 3.38% | 919 | 8.25% |
95+ | 21 | 1.32% | 9 | 0.53% | 13 | 0.34% | 13 | 0.78% | 3 | 0.13% | 59 | 0.53% |
Gender (male) | 892 | 56.03% | 873 | 51.84% | 1732 | 45.17% | 738 | 44.51% | 1092 | 46.13% | 5327 | 47.84% |
Region | ||||||||||||
Northeast | 18 | 1.13% | 13 | 0.77% | 74 | 1.93% | 26 | 1.57% | 38 | 1.61% | 169 | 1.52% |
North Central | 375 | 23.56% | 358 | 21.26% | 1035 | 27.00% | 401 | 24.19% | 380 | 16.05% | 2549 | 22.89% |
South | 1184 | 74.37% | 1291 | 76.66% | 2677 | 69.82% | 1214 | 73.22% | 1920 | 81.12% | 8286 | 74.41% |
West | 15 | 0.94% | 22 | 1.31% | 48 | 1.25% | 17 | 1.03% | 29 | 1.23% | 131 | 1.18% |
Comorbid Conditions (baseline) | ||||||||||||
Elixhauser Comorbidity Index ≥2% | 213 | 13.38% | 113 | 6.71% | 343 | 8.95% | 164 | 9.89% | 355 | 15.00% | 1188 | 10.67% |
Charlson Comorbidity Index | 1.99 | 1.85 | 1.40 | 1.49 | 1.46 | 1.71 | 1.46 | 1.92 | 2.81 | 2.52 | 1.81 | 2.01 |
Congestive heart failure | 792 | 49.75% | 122 | 7.24% | 422 | 11.01% | 183 | 11.04% | 76 | 3.21% | 1595 | 14.32% |
Peripheral arterial disease | 105 | 6.60% | 149 | 8.85% | 188 | 4.90% | 91 | 5.49% | 63 | 2.66% | 596 | 5.35% |
Acute coronary syndrome | 140 | 8.79% | 50 | 2.97% | 101 | 2.63% | 41 | 2.47% | 37 | 1.56% | 369 | 3.31% |
Hyperthyroidism | 12 | 0.75% | 6 | 0.36% | 19 | 0.50% | 7 | 0.42% | 23 | 0.97% | 67 | 0.60% |
Obesity | 39 | 2.45% | 18 | 1.07% | 67 | 1.75% | 53 | 3.20% | 33 | 1.39% | 210 | 1.89% |
Diabetes | 583 | 36.62% | 422 | 25.06% | 791 | 20.63% | 459 | 27.68% | 387 | 16.35% | 2642 | 23.73% |
Hypertension | 747 | 46.92% | 757 | 44.95% | 1273 | 33.20% | 654 | 39.45% | 957 | 40.43% | 4388 | 39.41% |
Ischemic stroke | 122 | 7.66% | 680 | 40.38% | 212 | 5.53% | 90 | 5.43% | 89 | 3.76% | 1193 | 10.71% |
Hemorrhagic stroke | 4 | 0.25% | 11 | 0.65% | 7 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.36% | 4 | 0.17% | 32 | 0.29% |
Non-CNS systemic embolism | 17 | 1.07% | 8 | 0.48% | 50 | 1.30% | 41 | 2.47% | 28 | 1.18% | 144 | 1.29% |
Transient ischemic attack | 29 | 1.82% | 170 | 10.10% | 51 | 1.33% | 23 | 1.39% | 21 | 0.89% | 294 | 2.64% |
Catheter ablation | 530 | 33.29% | 233 | 13.84% | 437 | 11.40% | 226 | 13.63% | 177 | 7.48% | 1603 | 14.40% |
Dyspepsia | 7 | 0.44% | 5 | 0.30% | 17 | 0.44% | 9 | 0.54% | 19 | 0.80% | 57 | 0.51% |
Healthcare Cost (baseline), $USD | ||||||||||||
Outpatient ED | $205 | $531 | $179 | $546 | $205 | $650 | $263 | $790 | $198 | $1,780 | $208 | $999 |
Outpatient office visit | $478 | $427 | $396 | $351 | $421 | $524 | $442 | $508 | $707 | $618 | $489 | $522 |
Outpatient pharmacy | $2,019 | $2,021 | $1,639 | $1,909 | $2,244 | $2,851 | $2,151 | $2,770 | $1,506 | $2,610 | $1,950 | $2,572 |
Outpatient other | $5,745 | $16,318 | $4,248 | $11,027 | $5,302 | $15,744 | $7,493 | $20,180 | $11,037 | $18,891 | $6,752 | $16,853 |
Total outpatient | $8,447 | $16,913 | $6,462 | $11,686 | $8,172 | $16,607 | $10,350 | $21,322 | $13,448 | $20,312 | $9,398 | $17,815 |
Baseline VTE | 49 | 3.08% | 21 | 1.25% | 85 | 2.22% | 73 | 4.40% | 57 | 2.41% | 285 | 2.56% |
Admission Diagnosis | ||||||||||||
Chronic heart disease | 1592 | 100.00% | 1592 | 14.30% | ||||||||
Thromboembolic stroke | 1684 | 100.00% | 1684 | 15.12% | ||||||||
Severe lung disease | 3834 | 100.00% | 3834 | 34.43% | ||||||||
Acute infection | 1658 | 100.00% | 1658 | 14.89% | ||||||||
Cancer | 2367 | 100.00% | 2367 | 21.26% | ||||||||