From: Risks predicting prolonged hospital discharge boarding in a regional acute care hospital
Regular Boarding (2 h) | Prolonged Boarding (> 2 h) | p | |
---|---|---|---|
N = 5494 | N = 6033 | ||
Patient general demographics | |||
Age (years) --- mean (SD)** | 49 (15) | 52 (16) | < 0.001 |
Gender (male) --- yes % (n)* | 57 (3119) | 55 (3289) | 0.02 |
Race** | |||
African American | 30 (1639) | 28 (1677) | < 0.001 |
Caucasian | 42 (2304) | 47 (2814) | |
Othersa | 28 (1551) | 26 (1542) | |
Ethnicity* | |||
Hispanic | 27 (1489) | 25 (1495) | 0.01 |
Not-Hispanic | 73 (4001) | 75 (4531) | |
Othersb | 0.1 (4) | 0.1 (7) | |
Clinical / operational variables | |||
PCP assigned (yes)--- % (n)* | 49 (2676) | 47 (2812) | 0.02 |
APR-DRG SOI --- mean (SD)** | 2.5 (0.8) | 2.7 (0.8) | < 0.001 |
median (IQR)** | 3 (2–3) | 3 (2–3) | < 0.001 |
Boarding time (h) --- mean (SD)** | 1.2 (0.5) | 4.7 (6.5) | < 0.001 |
median (IQR)** | 1.2 (0.8–1.6) | 3.5 (2.6–5.0) | < 0.001 |
Interval between case manager consult and disposition (h) --- mean (SD) | 4.2 (16) | 5.3 (9) | < 0.01 |
Disposition** | |||
Home | 89 (4878) | 72 (4314) | |
Skilled nursing facility | 4.4 (240) | 12.8 (769) | |
Home with home health service | 2.9 (158) | 4.6 (280) | |
Othersc | 0.3 (14) | 0.2 (9) | |
Expired | 0.1 (3) | 0.1 (97) | < 0.001 |
Transfersd | 1.1 (60) | 6.3 (380) | |
Hospice | 0.9 (49) | 1.7 (102) | |
Court / law enforcement | 1.7 (92) | 2.8 (170) | |
Number of medications prescribed upon disposition (n) --- mean (SD)** | 5 (4) | 6 (5) | < 0.001 |
Homeless (yes) --- % (n)** | 7.7 (424) | 5.7 (344) | < 0.001 |