Table 2 Demographic, primary payer status, hospital characteristics, transfer status, and admission status comparing patients living in neighborhoods of income at the lowest and highest quartiles who underwent isolated TAVR.
Low SES (n = 12,355), n (%) | High SES (n = 15,212), n (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||
Male | 6500 (52.61%) | 8660 (56.93%) | < 0.01 |
Female | 5853 (47.37%) | 6551 (43.06%) | < 0.01 |
Age | |||
Age < 55 years | 186 (1.51%) | 133 (0.87%) | < 0.01 |
55 ≤ Age < 65 years | 752 (6.09%) | 498 (3.27%) | < 0.01 |
65 ≤ Age < 75 years | 2954 (23.91%) | 2966 (19.5%) | < 0.01 |
75 ≤ Age < 85 years | 5259 (42.57%) | 6457 (42.45%) | 0.84 |
Age ≥ 85 years | 3204 (25.93%) | 5158 (33.91%) | < 0.01 |
Race and ethnicity | |||
Caucasian | 9630 (77.94%) | 13,169 (86.57%) | < 0.01 |
African American | 1138 (9.21%) | 316 (2.08%) | < 0.01 |
Hispanic | 884 (7.15%) | 492 (3.23%) | < 0.01 |
Asian | 77 (0.62%) | 344 (2.26%) | < 0.01 |
Native Americans | 65 (0.53%) | 21 (0.14%) | < 0.01 |
Other races | 198 (1.6%) | 475 (3.12%) | < 0.01 |
Primary Payer status | |||
Medicare | 10,773 (87.2%) | 13,579 (89.27%) | < 0.01 |
Medicaid | 262 (2.12%) | 128 (0.84%) | < 0.01 |
Private insurance | 950 (7.69%) | 1273 (8.37%) | 0.04 |
Self-pay | 68 (0.55%) | 60 (0.39%) | 0.06 |
No charge | 5 (0.04%) | 3 (0.02%) | 0.48 |
Other payment | 276 (2.23%) | 163 (1.07%) | < 0.01 |
Hospital characteristics | |||
Rural hospital | 278 (2.25%) | 26 (0.17%) | < 0.01 |
Urban private practice | 1226 (9.92%) | 1112 (7.31%) | < 0.01 |
Urban teaching hospital | 10,851 (87.83%) | 14,074 (92.52%) | < 0.01 |
Small bed size | 1017 (8.23%) | 917 (6.03%) | < 0.01 |
Medium bed size | 2585 (20.92%) | 3466 (22.78%) | < 0.01 |
Large bed size | 8753 (70.85%) | 10,829 (71.19%) | 0.54 |
Transfer in from other hospital facilities | |||
No transfer in | 11,494 (93.03%) | 14,336 (94.24%) | < 0.01 |
Transferred in from a different acute care hospital | 645 (5.22%) | 661 (4.35%) | < 0.01 |
Transferred in from another type of health facility | 172 (1.39%) | 178 (1.17%) | 0.10 |
Admission status | |||
Emergent | 2120 (17.16%) | 2402 (15.79%) | < 0.01 |
Elective | 10,186 (82.77%) | 12,740 (84.14%) | < 0.01 |
