Table 3 Patient and hospital characteristics according to patient illness severity

Age

 < 1 year

808,137

(72.6)

167,764

(68.2)

44,741

(66.3)

 1-4 years

156,808

(10.0)

21,744

(9.7)

6,501

(10.3)

 5-9 years

95,181

(6.1)

13,918

(6.3)

3,604

(5.7)

 10-14 years

80,767

(5.1)

15,085

(6.7)

4,340

(6.9)

 15-18 years

100,739

(6.2)

21,191

(9.1)

7,135

(10.8)

0.0001

Gender

 Male

689,310

(54.9)

134,378

(56.0)

37,989

(57.3)

 Female

545,134

(45.1)

105,168

(44.0)

28,301

(42.7)

0.0001

Source of Admission

 Routine/Office/Clinic

855,444

(77.3)

166,788

(70.4)

34,520

(51.7)

 Emergency Department

292,213

(19.2)

41,078

(18.6)

13,401

(21.4)

 Another Hospital

45,926

(3.0)

21,622

(9.9)

15,270

(24.9)

 Another health care facility, including long term care & nursing care facility

6,433

(0.4)

2,163

(1.0)

1,219

(2.0)

 Court/Law enforcement institution

479

(0.1)

49

(0.1)

2

-

0.0001

Hospital Bed Size

 Small

146,625

(12.2)

25,705

(11.7)

6,942

(11.9)

 Medium

324,107

(27.1)

60,101

(26.4)

15,401

(25.0)

 Large

750,443

(60.7)

148,380

(61.9)

42,353

(63.1)

0.5804

Hospital Location

 Rural

116,732

(10.7)

11,295

(5.4)

924

(1.6)

 Urban

1,104,443

(89.3)

222,891

(94.6)

63,772

(98.4)

0.0001

Type of Hospital

 Children’s Teaching and Non-Teaching Hospital

347,849

(27.0)

94,388

(44.6)

37,902

(63.7)

 Non-Children’s Teaching Hospital

357,053

(31.5)

66,159

(28.8)

15,453

(23.6)

 Non-Children’s Non-Teaching Hospital

460,607

(41.5)

63,578

(26.6)

8,815

(12.7)

0.0001

Payer Type

 Medicaid

548,173

(43.0)

110,907

(46.6)

33,663

(51.0)

 Private/HMO

589,224

(49.0)

109,761

(45.6)

27,482

(41.3)

 Self-Pay

59,312

(4.9)

8,893

(3.7)

1,747

(2.6)

 Other

42,907

(3.1)

9,832

(4.2)

3,371

(5.1)

0.0001