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Table 1 Patient demographic data pre- and post- propensity match

From: The Rothman Index predicts unplanned readmissions to intensive care associated with increased mortality and hospital length of stay: a propensity-matched cohort study

 

Pre- Propensity Match

Post- Propensity Match

No ICU Return

ICU Return

No ICU Return

ICU Return

Number of patients

5049

212

181

181

Gender

    

Female

41.3%

38.2%

38.1%

40.3%

Male

58.6%

61.8%

61.9%

59.7%

Unknown

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Race

    

American Indian

1.4%

1.9%

0.0%

1.7%

African American

4.9%

3.8%

5.5%

3.3%

Other

1.1%

4.2%

0.6%

2.8%

Unknown

1.4%

2.4%

0.6%

2.8%

White/Caucasian

91.1%

87.7%

93.4%

89.5%

Ethnicity

    

Hispanic/Latino

1.8%

1.4%

1.7%

1.1%

Non-Hispanic or Latino

90.9%

90.6%

90.6%

90.1%

Unknown

7.3%

8.0%

7.7%

8.8%

Age at admission (years)

    

18–29

3.2%

1.9%

4.4%

2.2%

30–39

5.1%

2.4%

4.4%

2.2%

40–49

7.2%

7.1%

7.7%

7.2%

50–59

15.7%

17.9%

17.1%

17.1%

60–69

25.1%

32.5%

24.3%

32.6%

70–79

29.0%

27.4%

26.5%

27.6%

80–89

12.5%

8.5%

13.3%

8.3%

90+

2.2%

2.4%

2.2%

2.8%

Mean

64.8

64.9

64.4

64.9

Admission type

    

Elective

25.8%

18.9%

19.9%

19.9%

Emergency

61.5%

68.4%

70.2%

66.3%

Urgent/Trauma

12.2%

12.3%

9.9%

13.8%

Unknown

0.4%

0.5%

0.0%

0.0%

Discharge status

    

Against Medical Advice

1.2%

0.5%

2.2%

0.6%

Assisted Living

0.5%

0.5%

0.6%

0.6%

Expired

2.2%

18.9%

2.2%

19.3%

Home

49.2%

19.8%

44.2%

19.9%

Home Health

13.7%

9.0%

8.8%

8.8%

Hospice

3.8%

14.6%

6.1%

14.4%

Intermediate Care

0.2%

0.5%

0.0%

0.0%

Long Term Care

2.3%

9.4%

2.8%

9.9%

Other

0.6%

0.9%

0.0%

1.1%

Psychiatric Facility

1.2%

0.5%

1.7%

0.6%

Rehab

10.0%

7.1%

15.5%

7.7%

Skilled Nursing Facility

14.0%

14.6%

14.4%

14.4%

Interfacility Transfer

1.0%

3.8%

1.7%

2.8%

Med/Surg MS-DRG

    

Information Missing

4.9%

1.4%

0.0%

0.0%

Medical

43.1%

41.5%

45.3%

42.5%

Surgical

52.0%

57.1%

54.7%

57.5%

COVID-19 status

    

COVID-19 Positive

4.1%

7.1%

2.8%

7.7%

Admission Rothman Index

    

< 20

8.0%

19.3%

13.8%

14.4%

20–29

8.7%

14.6%

12.2%

14.4%

30–39

14.2%

17.5%

16.6%

17.7%

40–49

14.5%

11.8%

16.6%

11.6%

50–59

13.0%

9.9%

11.0%

11.6%

60–69

12.8%

7.5%

9.9%

7.7%

70–79

12.1%

9.0%

11.0%

10.5%

80+

16.4%

10.4%

8.8%

12.2%

Information Missing

0.4%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Mean

53.2

43.2

45.5

46.6

Charlson Comorbidity Index

    

0

18.8%

15.1%

16.6%

17.7%

1

25.1%

13.7%

18.2%

14.9%

2

18.6%

15.6%

16.0%

16.6%

3

16.1%

17.9%

18.2%

18.8%

4

10.5%

14.6%

13.8%

13.8%

5

4.7%

8.5%

7.7%

8.3%

6

2.3%

4.7%

5.0%

4.4%

7

0.7%

3.8%

1.7%

2.8%

8

0.9%

0.0%

0.6%

0.0%

9

1.0%

1.4%

0.6%

1.1%

10

0.6%

1.9%

1.7%

0.6%

11

0.4%

1.4%

0.0%

1.1%

12

0.2%

0.5%

0.0%

0.0%

13

0.0%

0.5%

0.0%

0.0%

14

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

15

0.0%

0.5%

0.0%

0.0%

Mean

2.2

3.2

2.7

2.7

  1. Abbreviations COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019; ICU, intensive care unit; MS-DRG, Medicare severity diagnosis-related groups