Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Gastroenterol. Jul 7, 2016; 22(25): 5780-5789
Published online Jul 7, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i25.5780
Table 1 Demographic and hospital data1
Percentχ2P value
Age (yr)< 0.001
0-90.9%
10-191.3%
20-292.6%
30-396.3%
40-4922.4%
50-5933.0%
60-6920.8%
70-7910.4%
80-892.3%
90-990.1%
Age > 7011.4%< 0.001
Sex< 0.001
Male63.2%
Female36.8%
Race< 0.001
White71.0%
Black6.0%
Hispanic16.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander2.0%
Native American0.9%
Other3.5%
Unknown0.4%
Primary payer< 0.001
Medicare31.4%
Medicaid21.4%
Private36.6%
Self-Pay5.6%
Income quartile by ZIP code< 0.001
(1) Quartile 128.3%
(2) Quartile 226.9%
(3) Quartile 324.5%
(4) Quartile 419.4%
Missing0.8%
Transfer status< 0.001
Transferred in from acute care hospital17.9%
Not transfer79.3%
Weekend admission status< 0.001
Admitted on weekend (1)17.0%
Not admitted on weekend (0)83.0%
Admission type< 0.001
Emergency46.1%
Urgent26.8%
Elective26.9%
Trauma center0.1%
Hospital type< 0.001
Teaching hospital74.9%
Non-Teaching hospital25.1%
Hospital bed size< 0.001
Small4.4%
Medium18.0%
Large77.6%
Hospital region< 0.001
Northeast17.8%
Midwest22.7%
South35.4%
West24.2%
Control of hospital< 0.001
Private, non-profit32.8%
Private, investor owned5.8%