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Table 1 General Information of Study Population

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

  1. Abbreviation: N number, SD standard deviation, PCP primary care physician, APR-DRG all patient refined diagnosis related groups, SOI severity of illness, IQR interquartile range, h hour
  2. aNative Hawaiian, Asian, American Indian, Patient refused, and Unknown;
  3. bUnknown and patient refused;
  4. cleft against medical advice, organ donation
  5. dpsychiatric hospital, veterans affairs hospital, designated cancer centers, or other hospitals
  6. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01