Table 4 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 SAVR.
Low SES (n = 10,029), n (%) | High SES (n = 10,811), n (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | |||
Male | 6276 (62.58%) | 7307 (67.59%) | < 0.01 |
Female | 3751 (37.4%) | 3503 (32.4%) | < 0.01 |
Age | |||
Age < 55 years | 2450 (24.43%) | 2115 (19.56%) | < 0.01 |
55 ≤ Age < 65 years | 2610 (26.02%) | 2736 (25.31%) | 0.24 |
65 ≤ Age < 75 years | 3145 (31.36%) | 3707 (34.29%) | < 0.01 |
75 ≤ Age < 85 years | 1685 (16.8%) | 2055 (19.01%) | < 0.01 |
Age ≥ 85 years | 139 (1.39%) | 198 (1.83%) | 0.01 |
Race and ethnicity | |||
Caucasian | 6887 (68.67%) | 8608 (79.62%) | < 0.01 |
African American | 1390 (13.86%) | 323 (2.99%) | < 0.01 |
Hispanic | 1050 (10.47%) | 582 (5.38%) | < 0.01 |
Asian | 94 (0.94%) | 407 (3.76%) | < 0.01 |
Native Americans | 77 (0.77%) | 30 (0.28%) | < 0.01 |
Other races | 208 (2.07%) | 461 (4.26%) | < 0.01 |
Primary Payer status | |||
Medicare | 5168 (51.53%) | 5426 (50.19%) | 0.05 |
Medicaid | 1371 (13.67%) | 516 (4.77%) | < 0.01 |
Private insurance | 2804 (27.96%) | 4521 (41.82%) | < 0.01 |
Self-pay | 341 (3.4%) | 137 (1.27%) | < 0.01 |
No charge | 27 (0.27%) | 19 (0.18%) | 0.18 |
Other payment | 5168 (51.53%) | 5426 (50.19%) | 0.05 |
Hospital characteristics | |||
Rural hospital | 337 (3.36%) | 11 (0.1%) | < 0.01 |
Urban private practice | 1222 (12.18%) | 988 (9.14%) | < 0.01 |
Urban teaching hospital | 8470 (84.46%) | 9812 (90.76%) | < 0.01 |
Small bed size | 865 (8.62%) | 867 (8.02%) | 0.12 |
Medium bed size | 2284 (22.77%) | 2282 (21.11%) | < 0.01 |
Large bed size | 6880 (68.6%) | 7662 (70.87%) | < 0.01 |
Transfer in from other hospital facilities | |||
No transfer in | 8683 (86.58%) | 9780 (90.46%) | < 0.01 |
Transferred in from a different acute care hospital | 1127 (11.24%) | 876 (8.1%) | < 0.01 |
Transferred in from another type of health facility | 186 (1.85%) | 138 (1.28%) | < 0.01 |
Admission status | |||
Emergent | 3258 (32.49%) | 2617 (24.21%) | < 0.01 |
Elective | 6743 (67.42%) | 8159 (75.71%) | < 0.01 |
