Variable | Overall | Bronx | Indianapolis |
---|---|---|---|
No. (%) or Mean ± SD | No. (%) or Mean ± SD | No. (%) or Mean ± SD | |
Alert type | |||
Hospital admission | 92 (46.7) | 51 (56.7) | 41 (38.3) |
Emergency department | 105 (53.3) | 39 (43.3) | 66 (61.7) |
Hospitalization length of stay, days | 5.3 ± 5.5 | 6.7 ± 6.4 | 3.4 ± 3.1 |
Diagnosis group | |||
Cardiovascular—other than chest pain | 24 (13.9) | 13 (16.3) | 11 (11.8) |
Trauma | 21 (12.1) | 10 (12.5) | 11 (11.8) |
Gastrointestinal | 18 (10.4) | 11 (13.8) | 7 (7.5) |
Musculoskeletal pain | 15 (8.7) | 3 (3.8) | 12 (12.9) |
Infection | 14 (8.1) | 7 (8.8) | 7 (7.5) |
Neurologic | 11 (6.4) | 5 (6.3) | 6 (6.5) |
Respiratory—other than pneumonia | 11 (6.4) | 6 (7.5) | 5 (5.4) |
Genitourinary—other than hematuriaor infection | 6 (3.5) | 3 (3.8) | 3 (3.2) |
Chest pain | 5 (2.9) | 2 (2.5) | 3 (3.2) |
Pneumonia | 5 (2.9) | 3 (3.8) | 2 (2.2) |
Hematuria | 4 (2.3) | 1 (1.3) | 3 (3.2) |
Inflammation | 1 (0.6) | — | 1 (1.1) |
Musculoskeletal—other than painor trauma | 1 (0.6) | — | 1 (1.1) |
Unknown | 25 (14.5) | 8 (10.0) | 17 (18.3) |
Other | 12 (6.9) | 8 (10.0) | 4 (4.3) |
SD, standard deviation; VA, Veterans Affairs.
↵* Alert type n = 197; Hospitalization length of stay n = 87, this variable was missing 5 values; Diagnosis group n = 173, this variable was missing 24 values.