Characteristic | Readmit (Nā=ā637) | Non-readmit (Nā=ā3137) | p-value* |
---|---|---|---|
Male (N-%) | 269 (42.2) | 1275 (40.6) | 0.5 |
Age, yrs. (meanāĀ±āSD) | 78.0 (13.7) | 76.0 (15.8) | 0.004 |
LOS, days (meanāĀ±āSD) | 4.8 (4.3) | 3.9 (3.1) | <0.0001 |
Elixhauser sum score (meanāĀ±āSD) | 4.3 (1.5) | 3.9 (1.7) | <0.0001 |
Admission in the previous calendar year (N-%) | 139 (21.8) | 445 (14.2) | <0.0001 |
Disposition, home (N-%) vs. facility | 353 (15.2) | 1967 (84.8) | 0.0006 |
Insurance | Ā | Ā | 0.001 |
āāMedicare (N-%) | 491 (18.3) | 2198 (81.7) | Ā |
āāMedicaid (N-%) | 19 (17.1) | 92 (82.9) | Ā |
āāPrivate (N-%) | 127 (13.0) | 847 (87.0) | Ā |
MD census (meanāĀ±āSD) | 12.7 (2.7) | 12.5 (1.8) | 0.2 |
MD hours (meanāĀ±āSD) | 10.7 (1.8) | 10.7 (1.8) | 0.9 |
Discharge on switch day (N-%) | 113 (15.6) | 609 (84.3) | 0.3 |
Service, housestaff vs. non-housestaff (N-%) | 532 (17.6) | 2488 (82.4) | 0.02 |
Season | Ā | Ā | 0.002 |
āāWinter (N-%) | 199 (20.6) | 765 (79.4) | Ā |
āāSpring (N-%) | 165 (16.6) | 831 (83.4) | Ā |
āāSummer (N-%) | 123 (14.4) | 733 (85.6) | Ā |
āāFall (N-%) | 150 (15.7) | 808 (84.3) | Ā |
Floor | Ā | Ā | 0.7 |
āāMed/onc (N-%) | 294 (16.9) | 1449 (83.1) | Ā |
āāCardiac (N-%) | 332 (17.0) | 1617 (83.0) | Ā |
āāNon-medical (N-%) | 11 (13.4) | 71 (86.6) | Ā |
Floor census | Ā | Ā | 0.67 |
āā<20 (N-%) | 131 (17.2) | 632 (82.8) | Ā |
āā21-30 (N-%) | 366 (16.4) | 1864 (83.6) | Ā |
āā>30 (N-%) | 140 (17.9) | 641 (82.1) | Ā |
Medicine/surgical census (meanāĀ±āSD) | 89 (12.5) | 89 (12.8) | 0.81 |
Hospital census (meanāĀ±āSD) | 204 (21.7) | 205 (22.8) | 0.26 |