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) |