Table 1 Patient and hospital demographics in liver transplant recipients.
Variable | All patients (n = 25,054) | Readmission within 30 days of index discharge (n = 7675; 30.6%) | No readmission within 30 days of index discharge (n = 17,379; 69.4%) | Effect size | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | 0.04 | 0.28 | |||
18–39 | 2109 (8.4%) | 702 (9.1%) | 1407 (8.1%) | ||
40–64 | 19,199 (76.6%) | 5866 (76.4%) | 13,333 (76.7%) | ||
> 64 | 3746 (15.0%) | 1107 (14.4%) | 2639 (15.2%) | ||
Gender | 0.02 | 0.39 | |||
Male | 16,826 (67.2%) | 5103 (66.5%) | 11,724 (67.5%) | ||
Female | 8228 (32.8%) | 2573 (33.5%) | 5655 (32.5%) | ||
Primary payer | 0.13 | 0.01 | |||
Medicare | 6841 (27.3%) | 2245 (29.3%) | 4596 (26.4%) | ||
Medicaid | 3666 (14.6%) | 1280 (16.7%) | 2386 (13.7%) | ||
Private Insurance | 12,942 (51.7%) | 3716 (48.4%) | 9226 (53.1%) | ||
Other/Unknown | 1605 (6.4%) | 434 (5.7%) | 1171 (6.7%) | ||
Income Quartile | 0.03 | 0.98 | |||
1st Quartile | 6092 (24.4%) | 1868 (24.3%) | 4224 (24.4%) | ||
2nd Quartile | 6417 (25.6%) | 1940 (25.3%) | 4477 (25.8%) | ||
3rd Quartile | 6332 (25.3%) | 1974 (25.7%) | 4358 (25.1%) | ||
4th Quartile | 5507 (22.0%) | 1690 (22.0%) | 3817 (22.0%) | ||
Missing | 669 (2.7%) | 202 (2.6%) | 467 (2.7%) | ||
Hospital Liver Transplant Volume | 0.12 | < 0.001 | |||
Low (1–48/year) | 6063 (24.2%) | 2070 (27.0%) | 3993 (23.0%) | ||
Medium (49–77/year) | 5200 (20.8%) | 1674 (21.8%) | 3526 (20.3%) | ||
High (78+/year) | 13,790 (55.0%) | 3931 (51.2%) | 9859 (56.7%) | ||
Cirrhosis type | 0.07 | 0.01 | |||
Compensated cirrhosis or no cirrhosis code | 11,595 (46.3%) | 3364 (43.8%) | 8231 (47.4%) | ||
Decompensated cirrhosis | 13,459 (53.7%) | 4312 (56.2%) | 9147 (52.6%) | ||
Cirrhosis etiology | 0.01 | 0.82 | |||
Nonalcoholic | 18,715 (74.7%) | 5746 (74.9%) | 12,968 (74.6%) | ||
Alcoholic | 6340 (25.3%) | 1929 (25.1%) | 4410 (25.4%) | ||
Ascites | 12,072 (48.2%) | 3919 (51.1%) | 8153 (46.9%) | 0.08 | 0.001 |
HCC | 8373 (33.4%) | 2345 (30.6%) | 6028 (34.7%) | 0.09 | 0.01 |
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 | 6406 (25.6%) | 1950 (25.4%) | 4456 (25.6%) | 0.01 | 0.84 |
Hepatic artery thrombosis | 3806 (15.2%) | 1288 (16.8%) | 2518 (14.5%) | 0.03 | 0.20 |
Biliary Complications | 2020 (8.1%) | 684 (8.9%) | 1336 (7.7%) | 0.06 | 0.02 |
Shock, including sepsis/septic | 8207 (32.8%) | 2855 (37.2%) | 5353 (30.8%) | 0.04 | 0.07 |
Infection, not including Sepsis | 2109 (8.4%) | 702 (9.1%) | 1407 (8.1%) | 0.14 | < 0.001 |
