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Table 1 Characteristics of patients hospitalized in for-profit, not-for-profit, and government owned hospitals for AMI, CABG and Childbirth

From: Uncompensated care provided by for-profit, not-for-profit, and government owned hospitals

 

AMI (N = 188117)

CABG (N = 82261)

Childbirth (N = 1091220)

 

NFP

N = 146309

FP

N = 23134

Government

N = 18674

NFP

N = 66513

FP

N = 8947

Government

N = 6801

NFP

N = 864954

FP

N = 95406

Government

N = 130860

Age

         

Years,

mean (sd)

69.1∧

(14.7)

70.0∧

(14.6)

67.4∧

(15.0)

67.1∧

(10.8)

67.7∧

(10.7)

65.9∧

(11.0)

28.3∧

(6.2)

26.8∧

(6.1)

27.4∧

(6.2)

Gender

         

Female,

number (%)

61919‡

(42.3)

9544*

(41.3)

7641∧

(40.9)

19098*

(28.7)

2553*

(28.5)

1877*

(27.6)

NA

NA

NA

Race

         

White,

number (%)

103169∧

(70.5)

16709∧

(71.9)

10482∧

(56.1)

47141∧

(70.9)

7158∧

(80.0)

4936‡

(72.6)

426164∧

(49.3)

44059∧

(45.7)

37247∧

(28.4)

Black,

number (%)

10460∧

(7.2)

1805∧

(7.8)

2296∧

(12.3)

2901∧

(4.4)

309∧

(3.5)

548∧

(8.1)

105164∧

(12.1)

15469∧

(16.0)

23303∧

(17.8)

Hispanic,

number (%)

7326∧

(5.0)

3104∧

(13.4)

850‡

(4.6)

2948∧

(4.4)

781∧

(8.7)

342†

(5.0)

127197∧

(14.7)

26006∧

(27.0)

16271∧

(12.4)

Asian/Pacific,

number (%)

1419∧

(1.0)

112∧

(0.5)

187*

(1.0)

642∧

(1.0)

50*

(0.6)

48†

(0.7)

31528∧

(3.6)

1682∧

(1.7)

3299∧

(2.5)

Native American,

number (%)

512‡

(0.4)

56*

(0.2)

46†

(0.3)

275†

(0.4)

22*

(0.3)

19*

(0.3)

6763∧

(0.8)

360∧

(0.4)

617∧

(0.5)

Other,

number (%)

23423∧

(15.9)

1348∧

(5.8)

4813∧

(25.8)

12606∧

(18.9)

627∧

(7.0)

908∧

(13.4)

168138∧

(19.4)

8864∧

(9.2)

50123∧

(38.3)

Admission Source

         

Emergency Department,

number (%)

96067∧

(65.78)

17366∧

(75.1)

12339*

(66.1)

13548∧

(20.4)

2151∧

(24.0)

1453*

(21.4)

41734∧

(4.8)

3091∧

(3.2)

23711∧

(18.1)

Inter-hospital

transfer, number (%)

26255∧

(17.9)

2388∧

(10.3)

2491∧

(13.3)

12480∧

(18.8)

1284∧

(14.4)

1182‡

(17.4)

3118∧

(0.4)

123∧

(0.1)

567∧

(0.4)

Nursing Home,

number (%)

4790*

(3.3)

704∧

(3.0)

310∧

(1.7)

1497∧

(2.3)

297∧

(3.3)

129*

(1.9)

3187∧

(0.4)

91*

(0.1)

115∧

(0.1)

   Other, number (%)

19197∧

(13.1)

2676∧

(11.5)

3534∧

(18.9)

38988*

(58.6)

5215*

(58.3)

4037*

(59.4)

816915∧

(94.4)

90101∧

(96.6)

106467∧

(81.4)

Type of Delivery

         

Vaginal,

number (%)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

596163∧

(68.9)

64721∧

(67.8)

90576†

(69.2)

C-Section,

number (%)

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

268791∧

(31.1)

30685∧

(32.2)

40284†

(30.8)

Comorbidity

         

COPD,

number (%)

30477∧

(20.8)

5536∧

(24.0)

3746†

(20.1)

14417∧

(21.7)

2236∧

(25.0)

1352∧

(19.9)

23182∧

(2.7)

1532∧

(1.6)

3223∧

(2.5)

Diabetes

Uncomplicated,

number (%)

37207†

(25.4)

5728∧

(24.8)

5017∧

(26.9)

18284*

(27.5)

2379‡

(26.6)

1950†

(28.7)

5243∧

(0.6)

454∧

(0.5)

969∧

(0.7)

Renal failure,

number (%)

13948∧

(9.5)

2652∧

(11.4)

1692†

(9.0)

4160*

(6.3)

607*

(6.8)

474†

(7.0)

132*

(0.0)

9†

(0.0)

31†

(0.0)

Obesity,

number (%)

9614*

(6.6)

1478*

(6.4)

1110‡

(5.9)

5787*

(8.7)

726*

(8.1)

524*

(7.7)

9485∧

(1.1)

627∧

(0.7)

1842∧

(1.4)

Depression,

number (%)

6983∧

(4.8)

920*

(4.0)

812‡

(4.4)

2195∧

(3.3)

223∧

(2.5)

240*

(3.5)

13089∧

(1.5)

873∧

(0.9)

1945*

(1.5)

  1. *: >0.05
  2. †: ≤0.05
  3. ‡: <0.01
  4. ∧: <0.001
  5. Symbol in NFP cell represents P-value for NFP vs. FP
  6. Symbol in FP cell represents P-value for FP vs. Government
  7. Symbol in Government cell represents P-value for Government vs. NFP