Variables
Total N= 25,260
White/Caucasian N= 17,197
Black/AA N= 4,959 Hispanic N= 1,462 Other N= 1,642
P-value
In-hospital Mortality, n (%) 1,087 (4.3%) 717 (4.17%) a 211 (4.26%) a 91 (6.24%) b 68 (4.15%) a <.001
LOS in days, median (IQR) 6 (3-10) 5 (3-10) 7 (4-13) 6 (3- 9) 5 (3-11) <.001
Discharge Location, n (%) <.001
Home 14,486 (57.3%) 9,741 (56.6%) 2,828 (57%) 918 (62.7%) 1,000 (60.8%)
STH/SNF/ICF/HHC 9,628 (38.1%) 6,700 (38.9%) 1,905 (34.4%) 448 (30.6%) 574 (34.9%)
Complications, n (%)
Heart Failure 706 (2.79%) 461 (2.68%) 141 (2.84%) 46 (3.12%) 59 (3.58%) 0.16
Arrhythmia 5,807 (22.99%) 4,393 (25.54%) 832 (16.79%) 229 (15.68%) 352 (21.44%) <.001
Pneumonia 1,832 (7.25%) 1,198 (6.97%) 453 (9.14%) 110 (7.50%) 71 (4.32%) <.001
Respiratory Failure 1502 (5.95%) 1002 (5.83%) 334 (6.73%) 81 (5.52%) 85 (5.20%) 0.05
Acute Kidney Injury 3,870 (15.32%) 2,301 (13.38%) a 1,079 (21.76%) b 236 (16.17%) a 254 (15.45%) a <.001
Paraplegia 456 (1.81%) 285 (1.66%) a 130 (2.62%) b 31 (2.12%) a, b 10 (0.61%) c <.001
Spinal Cord Ischemia 331 (1.31%) 236 (1.37%) 60 (1.20%) 20 (1.37%) 15 (0.89%) 0.35
Bowel Ischemia 549 (2.18%) 389 (2.26%) a 110 (2.22%) a 31 (2.11%) a 20 (1.20%) b 0.04
Stroke 940 (3.72%) 666 (3.87%) 159 (3.21%) 46 (3.12%) 70 (4.24%) 0.06
Hemorrhage or Transfusion-related 5,850 (23.16%) 3,775 (21.95%) b 1,268 (25.58%) a 370 (25.27%) a 437 (26.63%) a <.001
Hospital Charges (x $1000), median (IQR) 165.5 (106.6-260.0) 158.3 (103.8-247.2) a 178.5 (116.4-269.2) a 173.9 (111.7-291.6) a 189.5 (107.2-310.5) b <.001