|
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
| | |
|
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
| | |
|
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
| | |
|
Small
|
13.28%
|
(13.12%-13.43%)
|
|
Medium
|
23.88%
|
(23.68%-24.07%)
|
|
Large
|
62.85%
|
(62.63%-63.07%)
|
|
Control
| | |
|
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
| | |
|
Rural
|
14.92%
|
(14.76%-15.08%)
|
|
Urban
|
85.08%
|
(84.92%-85.23%)
|
|
Region
| | |
|
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
| | |
|
Non-teaching
|
58.78%
|
(58.56%-59.00%)
|
|
Teaching
|
41.22%
|
(41.00%-41.44%)
|
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*Estimates generated using discharge weights (population estimate n = 976,664).
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†data missing for 14.3% of discharges. CI, confidence interval.
