Discharge and hospital characteristics | Estimate (mean or proportion) | 95% CI |
---|---|---|
Age (in years) | 72.88 | (72.82-72.95) |
Gender (% female) | 50.77% | (50.55%-51.00%) |
Race/Ethnicity†|  |  |
 White | 68.02% | (67.79%-68.24%) |
 Black | 18.98% | (18.79%-19.17%) |
 Hispanic | 7.73% | (7.61%-7.86%) |
 Asian or Pacific Islander | 1.79% | (1.72%-1.85%) |
 Native American | 0.54% | (0.51%-0.58%) |
 Other | 0.30% | (0.29%-0.30%) |
Median zip code income national quartile | Â | Â |
 First | 31.60% | (31.39%-31.81%) |
 Second | 27.00% | (26.80%-27.21%) |
 Third | 22.63% | (22.44%-22.82%) |
 Fourth | 18.77% | (18.59%-18.95%) |
Primary healthcare payer | Â | Â |
 Medicare | 74.31% | (74.11%-74.51%) |
 Medicaid | 7.99% | (7.87%-8.11%) |
 Private insurance | 12.24% | (12.09%-12.39%) |
 Self-pay | 3.54% | (3.46%-3.63%) |
 No charge | 0.32% | (0.30%-0.36%) |
 Other | 1.59% | (1.54%-1.65%) |
Admission on a weekend | 23.42% | (23.23%-23.60%) |
Hospital bed size | Â | Â |
 Small | 13.28% | (13.12%-13.43%) |
 Medium | 23.88% | (23.68%-24.07%) |
 Large | 62.85% | (62.63%-63.07%) |
Control | Â | Â |
 Government or private | 59.53% | (59.31%-59.75%) |
 Government, nonfederal | 7.18% | (7.07%-7.30%) |
 Private, non-profit | 18.37% | (18.20%-18.55%) |
 Private, investor owned | 10.72% | (10.58%-10.86%) |
 Private | 4.19% | (4.10%-4.28%) |
Location | Â | Â |
 Rural | 14.92% | (14.76%-15.08%) |
 Urban | 85.08% | (84.92%-85.23%) |
Region | Â | Â |
 Northeast | 22.35% | (22.16%-22.54%) |
 Midwest | 23.40% | (23.21%-23.59%) |
 South | 39.37% | (39.15%-39.59%) |
 West | 14.87% | (14.72%-15.03%) |
Teaching status | Â | Â |
 Non-teaching | 58.78% | (58.56%-59.00%) |
 Teaching | 41.22% | (41.00%-41.44%) |