Patient and clinical characteristics by potentially non-preventable and potentially preventable status
| Rated potentially non-preventable n=6757 | Rated potentially preventable n=410 | Total* n=7179 | |
| Age at admission | |||
| Mean (SD) | 65 (18) | 66 (17) | 65 (18) |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 3208 (47.5%) | 201 (49.0%) | 3411 (47.5%) |
| Race | |||
| White | 5001 (74.0%) | 316 (77.1%) | 5323 (74.1%) |
| Black | 558 (8.3%) | 37 (9.0%) | 596 (8.3%) |
| Asian | 213 (3.2%) | 9 (2.2%) | 223 (3.1%) |
| Hispanic | 224 (3.3%) | 15 (3.7%) | 241 (3.4%) |
| Declined/unavailable | 644 (9.5%) | 29 (7.1%) | 675 (9.4%) |
| Other | 117 (1.7%) | 4 (1.0%) | 121 (1.7%) |
| Admissions per patient 6 months prior to death | |||
| 0 | 3603 (53.3%) | 249 (60.7%) | 3858 (53.7%) |
| 1 | 821 (12.2%) | 31 (7.6%) | 852 (11.9%) |
| 2 | 1357 (20.1%) | 92 (22.4%) | 1353 (18.8%) |
| ≥3 | 976 (14.4%) | 38 (9.3%) | 1016 (14.2%) |
| Unknown | 248 (3.7%) | 5 (1.2%) | 254 (3.5%) |
| Length of stay (days) | |||
| Median (IQR) | 7 (3–14) | 6 (2–14) | 7 (3–14) |
| Payor groups | |||
| Medicare | 3652 (54.0%) | 244 (59.5%) | 3905 (54.4%) |
| Commercial | 1707 (25.3%) | 114 (27.7%) | 1822 (25.4%) |
| Medicaid | 543 (8.0%) | 30 (7.3%) | 574 (8.0%) |
| Government—other | 408 (6.0%) | 7 (1.7%) | 415 (5.8%) |
| Other | 447 (6.7%) | 15 (3.6%) | 463 (6.4%) |
| Discharge service | |||
| Oncology | 1579 (24.6%) | 35 (8.7%) | 1615 (23.6%) |
| Pulmonary | 1406 (21.9%) | 93 (23.2%) | 1500 (21.9%) |
| Cardiology | 921 (14.3%) | 73 (18.2%) | 995 (14.5%) |
| Neurosurgery | 729 (11.3%) | 26 (6.5%) | 755 (11.0%) |
| Medicine | 459 (7.1%) | 32 (8.0%) | 493 (7.2%) |
| Hospice | 358 (5.6%) | 4 (1.0%) | 362 (5.3%) |
| Cardiac surgery | 225 (3.5%) | 34 (8.5%) | 261 (3.8%) |
| Trauma surgery | 172 (2.7%) | 25 (6.2%) | 198 (2.9%) |
| Thoracic surgery | 159 (2.5%) | 30 (7.5%) | 190 (2.8%) |
| Burn trauma surgery | 148 (2.3%) | 7 (1.7%) | 155 (2.3%) |
*Discharge service missing for some deaths. Denominator for discharge service is total 6839, rated potentially non-preventable 6427, rated potentially preventable 401.