Characteristics | Inpatient | Outpatient | ||||
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2005 | 2010 | p Value* | 2005 | 2010 | p Value* | |
Number of patients | 2582 | 2458 | 39 885 | 44 546 | ||
Number of claims | 3698 | 3680 | 83 866 | 94 309 | ||
Rehospitalisations, % | 24.20 | 25.83 | 0.0653 | NA | NA | |
Number of diagnoses | 7.92±1.73 | 8.64±1.31 | <0.0001 | 3.55±2.11 | 4.32±2.39 | <0.0001 |
Number of procedures | 1.59±1.75 | 1.67±1.79 | 0.2554 | 0.01±0.16 | 0.01±0.18 | NS |
Charlson score | 1.31±1.58 | 1.36±1.67 | <0.0001 | 1.25±1.46 | 1.43±1.50 | <0.0001 |
Age, % | ||||||
<65 | 38.18 | 42.47 | <0.0001 | 30.48 | 34.33 | <0.0001 |
65–69 | 15.87 | 19.62 | <0.0001 | 20.65 | 21.46 | 0.0055 |
70–74 | 16.01 | 12.64 | <0.0001 | 17.66 | 16.52 | 0.0006 |
75–79 | 13.28 | 8.89 | <0.0001 | 15.03 | 12.35 | <0.0001 |
80–84 | 9.19 | 8.40 | 0.0166 | 9.70 | 8.88 | <0.0001 |
85 and over | 7.46 | 7.99 | 0.1107 | 6.49 | 6.47 | NS |
Race, % | ||||||
White | 81.18 | 79.24 | 0.0162 | 81.85 | 80.58 | <0.0001 |
Black | 10.25 | 10.84 | 0.2218 | 10.68 | 11.71 | <0.0001 |
Hispanic | 4.57 | 5.33 | 0.1124 | 2.48 | 2.70 | NS |
Other | 4.00 | 4.59 | 0.0428 | 2.71 | 2.09 | <0.0001 |
Male gender | 53.95 | 54.35 | 0.0836 | 45.75 | 46.04 | NS |
End-stage renal disease | 3.49 | 6.11 | <0.0001 | 3.48 | 3.52 | NS |
Discharge status, % | ||||||
Home | 52.52 | 49.57 | <0.0001 | NA | NA | NA |
Continued care | 36.78 | 39.78 | <0.0001 | NA | NA | NA |
Hospice | 4.25 | 5.08 | <0.0001 | NA | NA | NA |
Died | 6.46 | 5.57 | <0.0001 | NA | NA | NA |
Region, % | ||||||
Northeast | 16.88 | 21.17 | 0.1323 | 19.96 | 19.25 | 0.0045 |
South | 34.86 | 39.44 | <0.0001 | 26.26 | 25.45 | 0.0002 |
Midwest | 18.85 | 23.25 | 0.0044 | 36.50 | 37.69 | 0.0007 |
West | 7.23 | 8.31 | 0.0025 | 8.98 | 8.83 | NS |
California | 7.77 | 9.49 | <0.0001 | 8.29 | 8.78 | <0.0001 |
*p Value indicates the significance of change over the study years.
NA, not applicable; NS, not significant.