Deaths per 1000 admissions in low mortality DRGs (DRGs with a NIS 1997 benchmark of less than 0.5% mortality, excluding trauma, immunocompromised, and cancer patients), United States, 2001 and 2002 |
2002 | 2001 | ||||
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Population group | Ratea | Standard error | Ratea | Standard error | |
Total | 0.87 | 0.04 | 0.75 | 0.04 | |
Age | 0-17 | 0.96 | 0.04 | 0.81 | 0.04 |
18-44 | 0.69 | 0.01 | 0.70 | 0.01 | |
45-64 | 1.13 | 0.03 | 1.15 | 0.03 | |
65 and over | 4.42 | 0.04 | 3.50 | 0.04 | |
Age | 65-69 | 1.44 | 0.06 | 1.78 | 0.06 |
70-74 | 2.56 | 0.06 | 2.37 | 0.06 | |
75-79 | 3.76 | 0.06 | 3.17 | 0.06 | |
80-84 | 5.81 | 0.07 | 4.29 | 0.07 | |
85 and over | 10.40 | 0.07 | 7.00 | 0.07 | |
Gender | Male | 0.86 | 0.06 | 0.71 | 0.06 |
Female | 0.61 | 0.04 | 0.49 | 0.04 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | Less than $25,000 | 0.84 | 0.08 | 0.82 | 0.07 |
$25,000-$34,999 | 1.01 | 0.05 | 0.75 | 0.05 | |
$35,000-$44,999 | 0.88 | 0.05 | 0.80 | 0.05 | |
$45,000 or more | 0.82 | 0.04 | 0.70 | 0.04 | |
Location of patient residence | Metropolitan-large | 0.83 | 0.04 | 0.74 | 0.04 |
Metropolitan-small | 0.89 | 0.04 | 0.76 | 0.04 | |
Micropolitan | 0.91 | 0.07 | 0.76 | 0.07 | |
Noncore | 1.16 | 0.08 | 0.78 | 0.09 | |
Expected payment source | Private insurance | 0.66 | 0.02 | 0.65 | 0.02 |
Medicare | 1.83 | 0.23 | 1.04 | 0.22 | |
Medicaid | 0.78 | 0.02 | 0.74 | 0.02 | |
Other insurance | 0.90 | 0.07 | 0.75 | 0.07 | |
Uninsured/self pay/no charge | 0.84 | 0.05 | 0.91 | 0.06 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 0.79 | 0.06 | 0.77 | 0.05 |
Midwest | 0.94 | 0.05 | 0.65 | 0.05 | |
South | 0.89 | 0.04 | 0.80 | 0.04 | |
West | 0.86 | 0.04 | 0.73 | 0.04 | |
Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not-for-profit | 0.86 | 0.04 | 0.75 | 0.04 |
Private, for-profit | 0.84 | 0.06 | 0.73 | 0.05 | |
Public | 0.98 | 0.05 | 0.76 | 0.05 | |
Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 0.85 | 0.04 | 0.80 | 0.04 |
Non-teaching | 0.89 | 0.04 | 0.72 | 0.04 | |
Location of hospital | Metropolitan-large | 0.84 | 0.04 | 0.74 | 0.04 |
Metropolitan-small | 0.90 | 0.04 | 0.76 | 0.04 | |
Micropolitan | 0.91 | 0.07 | 0.72 | 0.07 | |
Noncore | 1.18 | 0.12 | 0.75 | 0.12 | |
Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 1.05 | 0.07 | 0.68 | 0.07 |
100 - 299 | 0.80 | 0.04 | 0.74 | 0.04 | |
300 - 499 | 0.91 | 0.04 | 0.73 | 0.04 | |
500+ | 0.86 | 0.04 | 0.84 | 0.05 | |
a 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.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2001 and 2002.