Table 1 Characteristics of super-utilizers stratified by the number of hospitals encountered in 1 year
Number of Different Hospitals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | 70,111 | 63,239 | 24,527 | 6615 | 1812 | 702 | 347 | 162 | |
Age, years (%) | 64.73 (18.18) | 62.61 (17.9) | 58.81 (17.94) | 53.41 (17.08) | 49.3 (14.93) | 46.2 (12.53) | 45.46 (11.78) | 45.55 (12.84) | < 0.001 |
Female, n (%) | 37,299 (53.2%) | 32,115 (50.78%) | 11,672 (47.59%) | 2754 (41.63%) | 612 (33.77%) | 210 (29.91%) | 82 (23.63%) | 32 (19.75%) | < 0.001 |
White, n (%) | 42,167 (60.14%) | 34,989 (55.33%) | 11,782 (48.04%) | 2621 (39.62%) | 603 (33.28%) | 194 (27.64%) | 76 (21.9%) | 28 (17.28%) | < 0.001 |
Black, n (%) | 14,083 (20.09%) | 12,922 (20.43%) | 5502 (22.43%) | 1646 (24.88%) | 475 (26.21%) | 176 (25.07%) | 92 (26.51%) | 49 (30.25%) | < 0.001 |
Hispanic, n (%) | 8155 (11.63%) | 8037 (12.71%) | 3565 (14.54%) | 1084 (16.39%) | 311 (17.16%) | 131 (18.66%) | 60 (17.29%) | 22 (13.58%) | < 0.001 |
Other/Missing, n (%) | 5706 (8.14%) | 7291 (11.53%) | 3678 (15%) | 1264 (19.11%) | 423 (23.34%) | 201 (28.63%) | 119 (34.29%) | 63 (38.89%) | < 0.001 |
Medicare, n (%) | 45,129 (64.37%) | 38,955 (61.6%) | 13,855 (56.49%) | 3061 (46.27%) | 742 (40.93%) | 211 (30.06%) | 94 (27.05%) | 45 (27.92%) | < 0.001 |
Medicaid, n (%) | 11,159 (15.92%) | 11,545 (18.26%) | 5736 (23.38%) | 2173 (32.86%) | 759 (41.88%) | 368 (52.39%) | 201 (57.93%) | 94 (57.77%) | < 0.001 |
Private, n (%) | 9283 (13.24%) | 8417 (13.31%) | 3058 (12.47%) | 697 (10.53%) | 143 (7.89%) | 48 (6.81%) | 17 (5.02%) | 6 (3.54%) | < 0.001 |
Uninsured, n(%) | 2186 (3.12%) | 2197 (3.47%) | 1044 (4.26%) | 418 (6.32%) | 107 (5.92%) | 48 (6.77%) | 25 (7.12%) | 10 (6.26%) | < 0.001 |
Other/Missing, n(%) | 2354 (3.4%) | 2125 (3.4%) | 834 (3.4%) | 266 (4.0%) | 61 (3.4%) | 27 (3.8%) | 10 (2.9%) | 7 (4.3%) | 0.028 |
Zip Income Quartile 1 n (%) | 23,007 (32.82%) | 20,164 (31.89%) | 7328 (29.88%) | 1818 (27.48%) | 464 (25.61%) | 148 (21.08%) | 73 (21.04%) | 34 (20.99%) | < 0.001 |
Zip Income Quartile 2 n (%) | 18,899 (26.96%) | 17,769 (28.1%) | 6800 (27.72%) | 1721 (26.02%) | 433 (23.9%) | 158 (22.51%) | 59 (17%) | 40 (24.69%) | < 0.001 |
Zip Income Quartile 4 n (%) | 15,048 (21.46%) | 13,949 (22.06%) | 5759 (23.48%) | 1656 (25.03%) | 449 (24.78%) | 174 (24.79%) | 81 (23.34%) | 33 (20.37%) | < 0.001 |
Zip Income Quartile 4 n (%) | 11,495 (16.4%) | 10,679 (16.89%) | 4503 (18.36%) | 1397 (21.12%) | 461 (25.44%) | 221 (31.48%) | 134 (38.62%) | 55 (33.95%) | < 0.001 |
Large Metropolitan (> 1 million), n (%) | 41,252 (58.84%) | 38,503 (60.88%) | 16,102 (65.65%) | 4703 (71.1%) | 1376 (75.94%) | 559 (79.63%) | 287 (82.71%) | 130 (80.25%) | < 0.001 |
Small Metropolitan (< 1 million), n (%) | 21,070 (30.05%) | 16,363 (25.87%) | 5091 (20.76%) | 1134 (17.14%) | 265 (14.62%) | 97 (13.82%) | 41 (11.82%) | 27 (16.67%) | < 0.001 |
Micropolitan, n (%) | 4870 (6.95%) | 4889 (7.73%) | 1803 (7.35%) | 403 (6.09%) | 92 (5.08%) | 28 (3.99%) | 12 (3.46%) | 3 (1.85%) | < 0.001 |
Rural, n (%) | 2793 (3.98%) | 3438 (5.44%) | 1522 (6.21%) | 371 (5.61%) | 78 (4.3%) | 18 (2.56%) | 7 (2.02%) | 2 (1.23%) | < 0.001 |
Ever Uninsured n (%) | 3707 (5.29%) | 4457 (7.05%) | 2319 (9.45%) | 948 (14.33%) | 295 (16.28%) | 134 (19.09%) | 73 (21.04%) | 43 (26.54%) | < 0.001 |
Ever Homeless n (%) | 1311 (1.87%) | 2843 (4.5%) | 2237 (9.12%) | 1210 (18.29%) | 553 (30.52%) | 297 (42.31%) | 192 (55.33%) | 102 (62.96%) | < 0.001 |