Table 1 Demographics of SPS index hospitalizations, 2014
From: Inpatient care for stiff person syndrome in the United States: a nationwide readmission study
Characteristic | Index Events n (%) n = 703 |
|---|---|
Age | |
< 40 | 111 (15.8) |
40–49 | 138 (19.6) |
50–59 | 186 (26.5) |
60+ | 268 (38.1) |
Sex | |
Male | 254 (36.1) |
Female | 450 (63.9) |
Primary payera | |
Private insurance | 232 (32.9) |
Medicare | 375 (53.3) |
Medicaid | 75 (10.6) |
Median household income | |
$66,000+ | 152 (21.6) |
$51,000 - $65,999 | 154 (21.9) |
$40,000 - $50,999 | 192 (27.4) |
$1 - $39,999 | 200 (28.5) |
Length of stay | |
0–7 days | 495 (70.5) |
> 7 days | 208 (29.5) |
Discharge dispositiona | |
Routine | 447 (63.6) |
Transfer: short-term hospital | ** |
Transfer: other type of facility | 106 (15.0) |
Home health care | 132 (18.8) |
Comorbidities | |
0–2 | 287 (40.8) |
3–4 | 247 (35.1) |
5+ | 170 (24.1) |
Bed size of hospital | |
Small | 89 (12.6) |
Medium | 176 (25.0) |
Large | 438 (62.3) |
Control/ownership of hospitala | |
Private, not-for-profit | 500 (71.1) |
Private, investor-owned | 96 (13.7) |
Teaching status of hospitala | |
Metropolitan teaching | 507 (72.1) |
Metropolitan non-teaching | 150 (21.3) |