Table 1 Sample statistics of claims (n = 1,060,337)
Variable name | Value |
|---|---|
Outcomes | |
Death within 60 days of hospital discharge, n (%) | 139,452 (13.1) |
60 days Rehospitalization, n (%) | 320,726 (30.2) |
Patient variables | |
Hospital length of stay in days, mean (SD) | 6.2 (5.0) |
Age in years, mean (SD) | 78.5 (9.9) |
Female, n (%) | 664,367 (62.6) |
Complicated, n (%) | 678,979 (64.0) |
Race/ethnicity, n (%) | |
- Asian/Pacific islander | 6245 (0.5) |
- Black | 89,364 (8.4) |
- Hispanic | 8732 (0.8) |
- Native American | 2999 (0.3) |
- Other | 7126 (0.7) |
- Unknown | 2974 (0.3) |
- White | 942,897 (88.9) |
Comorbidities (top 5), n (%) | |
- Hypertension | 754,461 (71.1) |
- Hyperlipidemia | 502,358 (47.3) |
- Osteoarthritis | 379,716 (35.8) |
- Diabetes mellitus | 352,410 (33.2) |
- Conduction disorder or cardiac dysrhythmia | 309,973 (29.2) |
DRGs (top 5), n (%) | |
- Major hip and knee joint replacement or Reattachment of lower extremity | 89,830 (8.4) |
- Septicemia or severe sepsis | 79,700 (7.5) |
- Hip and femur procedures except major joint | 46,116 (4.3) |
- Simple pneumonia and pleurisy | 39,914 (3.7) |
- Kidney and urinary tract infections | 38,000 (3.5) |