Postoperative physiologic and metabolic derangements per 1000 elective surgical discharges (excluding some serious diseasea and obstetric admissions), United States, 2001 and 2002 |
2002 | 2001 | ||||
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Population group | Rateb | Standard error | Rateb | Standard error | |
Total | 1.16 | 0.05 | 1.11 | 0.05 | |
Age | 0-17 | 1.16 | 0.11 | 1.18 | 0.11 |
18-44 | 0.77 | 0.05 | 0.76 | 0.06 | |
45-64 | 0.99 | 0.06 | 0.94 | 0.06 | |
65 and over | 1.54 | 0.07 | 1.44 | 0.07 | |
Age | 65-69 | 1.31 | 0.10 | 1.14 | 0.10 |
70-74 | 1.62 | 0.10 | 1.33 | 0.10 | |
75-79 | 1.65 | 0.10 | 1.77 | 0.10 | |
80-84 | 1.71 | 0.12 | 1.63 | 0.12 | |
85 and over | 1.35 | 0.16 | 1.44 | 0.15 | |
Gender | Male | 1.49 | 0.07 | 1.39 | 0.07 |
Female | 0.93 | 0.05 | 0.90 | 0.05 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | Less than $25,000 | 1.74 | 0.15 | 1.01 | 0.14 |
$25,000-$34,999 | 1.14 | 0.08 | 1.17 | 0.07 | |
$35,000-$44,999 | 1.18 | 0.07 | 1.11 | 0.06 | |
$45,000 or more | 1.12 | 0.05 | 1.09 | 0.05 | |
Location of patient residence | Metropolitan-large | 1.31 | 0.06 | 1.23 | 0.06 |
Metropolitan-small | 1.01 | 0.06 | 0.99 | 0.06 | |
Micropolitan | 1.00 | 0.09 | 0.97 | 0.08 | |
Noncore | 1.00 | 0.10 | 0.89 | 0.10 | |
Expected payment source | Private insurance | 0.84 | 0.05 | 0.86 | 0.05 |
Medicare | 1.60 | 0.08 | 1.43 | 0.08 | |
Medicaid | 1.41 | 0.10 | 1.39 | 0.11 | |
Other insurance | 0.59 | 0.09 | 0.74 | 0.10 | |
Uninsured/self pay/no charge | 0.98 | 0.13 | 0.92 | 0.15 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 1.01 | 0.07 | 1.03 | 0.07 |
Midwest | 1.27 | 0.07 | 1.01 | 0.07 | |
South | 1.06 | 0.06 | 1.10 | 0.06 | |
West | 1.37 | 0.07 | 1.36 | 0.07 | |
Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not-for-profit | 1.14 | 0.05 | 1.07 | 0.05 |
Private, for-profit | 1.17 | 0.08 | 1.13 | 0.08 | |
Public | 1.34 | 0.09 | 1.44 | 0.09 | |
Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 1.40 | 0.06 | 1.23 | 0.06 |
Non-teaching | 0.98 | 0.05 | 1.03 | 0.05 | |
Location of hospital | Metropolitan-large | 1.35 | 0.06 | 1.27 | 0.06 |
Metropolitan-small | 1.01 | 0.06 | 0.95 | 0.06 | |
Micropolitan | 0.46 | 0.10 | 0.58 | 0.09 | |
Noncore | DSU | DSU | 0.65 | 0.17 | |
Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 0.56 | 0.08 | 0.63 | 0.08 |
100 - 299 | 0.95 | 0.06 | 0.85 | 0.06 | |
300 - 499 | 1.27 | 0.06 | 1.31 | 0.06 | |
500+ | 1.52 | 0.07 | 1.41 | 0.08 | |
a That is, excluding patients with diabetic coma and patients with renal failure who also were diagnosed with AMI, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac arrest, shock, hemorrhage, or gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
b Estimates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and DRG clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2001 and 2002.