Developing a Predictive Tool for Hospital Discharge Disposition of Patients Poststroke with 30-Day Readmission Validation

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with primary diagnosis of stroke by hospital discharge disposition status.

Patient characteristics	Home discharge ( (%))	Facility discharge ( (%))	value
Sex			<0.0001
Male	16,038 (50.7)	18,728 (43.8)
Female	15,587 (49.3)	24,072 (56.2)
Age			<0.0001
18-64	3,636 (11.5)	3,439 (8.0)
65-74	10,570 (33.4)	10,211 (23.9)
≥75	17,419 (55.1)	29,150 (68.1)
Race			<0.0001
White	24,952 (78.9)	33,604 (78.5)
Black	4,565 (14.4)	6,710 (15.7)
Other	2,108 (6.7)	2,486 (5.8)
Stroke type			<0.0001
Ischemic	28,708 (90.8)	36,855 (86.1)
Meningeal hemorrhage	1,215 (3.8)	1,698 (3.9)
Intracerebral hemorrhage	1,702 (5.4)	4,247 (10.0)
Comorbidity			<0.0001
Diabetes	10,300 (32.6)	14,569 (34.0)
High cholesterol	17,300 (54.7)	22,333 (52.2)
Obesity	3,078 (9.7)	4,018 (9.4)
Hypertension	19,223 (60.8))	25,494 (59.6)
Atrial fibrillation	9,134 (28.9)	15,551 (36.3)
Other atrial disease	3,134 (9.9)	4,277 (10.0)
Chronic kidney disease	5,372 (16.9	8,626 (20.2)
Heart disease	12,599 (39.8)	19,171 (44.8)
Peripheral arterial disease	1,904 (6.0)	2,749 (6.4)
Other vascular	861 (2.7)	1,121 (2.6)
TIA	9,104 (28.8)	13,239 (30.9)
Acute heart attack	311 (1)	1,002 (2.3)
Sleep habit	907 (2.9)	1,134 (2.6)
Alcohol habit	936 (3.0)	1,354 (3.2)
Drug habit	463 (1.5)	549 (1.3)
Smoking	10,405 (32.9)	11,717 (27.4)
Family history	2,373 (7.5)	2,351 (5.5)
Depression	194 (0.6)	326 (0.8)
Other diagnosis	819 (2.5)	1,572 (3.7)
Source of admission			<0.0001
Nonhealthcare facility	28,641 (90.6)	36,911 (86.2)
Clinic referral	1,172 (3.7)	1,443 (3.4)
Transfer from a hospital	1,437 (4.5)	2,414 (5.6)
Transfer from an SNF	138 (0.4)	1,463 (3.4)
Other	237 (0.8)	569 (1.4)
Type of insurance	13
Medicare or Medicaid	30,585 (96.7)	42,129 (98.4)
Private insurance	833 (2.6)	534 (1.2)
Other	207 (0.7)	137 (0.4)