Research Article

Population Based Trends in the Incidence of Hospital Admission for the Diagnosis of Hepatorenal Syndrome: 1998–2011

Table 3

Demographics and characteristics of patients diagnosed with AKI-cirrhosis during hospitalization.

Before the change pointAfter the change point value

Age, mean (SD), years58.83 (13.03)60.00 (12.47)<0.0001
Length of stay, mean (SD), days11.02 (12.91)9.30 (11.36)<0.0001
Race, (%) 0.0335
 White13564 (65.14)9555 (65.57)
 Black2507 (12.04)1685 (11.56)
 Hispanic3634 (17.45)2489 (17.08)
 Asian or Pacific Islander419 (2.01)272 (1.87)
 Native American185 (0.89)138 (0.95)
 Other513 (2.46)433 (2.97)
Mortality, (%)<0.0001
 Alive19115 (70.98)14047 (84.43)
 Died7816 (29.02)2590 (15.57)
Gender, (%) 0.8224
 Male17256 (64.00)10679 (64.11)
 Female9706 (36.00)5979 (35.89)
Hospital teaching status, (%) 0.2657
 Nonteaching11117 (41.50)6732 (40.95)
 Teaching15673 (58.50)9706 (59.05)
Hospital bed size<0.0001
 Small2349 (8.77)1324 (8.05)
 Medium6552 (24.46)3538 (21.52)
 Large17889 (66.77)11576 (70.42)
Procedures, (%)<0.0001
 Dialysis4017 (14.90)1922 (11.54)
Primary payer, (%)<0.0001
 Medicare11104 (41.31)7158 (43.09)
 Medicaid5394 (20.07)3418 (20.58)
 Private insurance7513 (27.95)4230 (25.47)
 Self-pay1702 (6.33)1050 (6.32)
 No charge198 (0.74)133 (0.80)
 Other967 (3.60)622 (3.74)