White | Black | Hispanic | Other | P value | |
N=12 245 (11 468 to 13 022) | N=995 (837 to 1153) | N=2735 (2443 to 3027) | N=1200 (1021 to 1379) | ||
71.3% (69.4 to 73.2) | 5.8% (4.9 to 6.6) | 15.9% (14.3 to 17.6) | 7.0% (6.0 to 8.0) | ||
Baseline characteristics | |||||
Age (mean) | 57.4 (56.9 to 57.8) | 54.9 (53.4 to 56.4) | 55.0 (54.0 to 56.0) | 55.48 (53.9 to 57.1) | <0.001 |
Female, % | 36.3 (34.4 to 38.3) | 30.2 (23.7 to 36.6) | 29.1 (25.2 to 32.8) | 41.3 (34.7 to 47.8) | 0.001 |
Elixhauser score (mean) | 14.6 (14.2 to 15.1) | 16.3 (15.0 to 17.7) | 14.7 (13.8 to 15.7) | 16.0 (14.7 to 17.4) | 0.053 |
Days to procedure (median) | 0.8 (0.7 to 0.9) | 1.4 (0.9 to 2.0) | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.7) | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.7) | <0.001 |
Indication, % | |||||
Bleeding oesophageal varices | 28.2 (26.3 to 30.1) | 31.2 (24.4 to 37.9) | 35.8 (31.6 to 40.0) | 35.4 (29.4 to 41.5) | 0.001 |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 14.3 (12.9 to 15.7) | 15.6 (10.7 to 20.4) | 17.4 (14.3 to 20.5) | 15.8 (11.4 to 20.3) | |
Budd-Chiari syndrome | – | – | – | – | |
Hepatic hydrothorax | 7.2 (6.2 to 8.2) | 4.5 (1.7 to 7.4) | 7.5 (5.3 to 9.7) | 7.1 (3.8 to 10.4) | |
Ascites | 34.6 (32.6 to 36.7) | 29.6 (23.4 to 35.9) | 25.2 (21.6 to 28.9) | 25.4 (19.9 to 30.9) | |
Portal vein thrombosis | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.4) | 2.0 (0.1 to 3.9) | 1.1 (0.2 to 2.0) | 2.1 (0.0 to 4.2) | |
Portal hypertension | 6.2 (5.3 to 7.1) | 7.5 (4.0 to 11.1) | 6.2 (4.2 to 8.2) | 7.9 (4.4 to 11.5) | |
Other | 6.7 (5.7 to 7.6) | 9.0 (5.1 to 13.0) | 5.7 (3.6 to 7.7) | 3.7 (1.3 to 6.2) | |
Admission type, % | |||||
Elective | 30.0 (27.8 to 32.1) | 23.7 (17.9 to 29.6) | 23.2 (19.1 to 27.3) | 26.8 (21.0 to 32.7) | 0.009 |
Non-elective | 70.0 (67.9 to 72.2) | 76.3 (70.4 to82.1) | 76.8 (72.6 to 80.9) | 73.1 (67.2 to 78.9) | |
Primary Payor % | |||||
Medicare | 38.4 (36.5 to 40.3) | 29.1 (23.0 to 35.3) | 32.0 (27.9 to 36.2) | 24.2 (18.6 to 29.7) | <0.001 |
Medicaid | 18.7 (17.1 to 20.4) | 32.2 (25.5 to 38.9) | 30.4 (26.2 to 34.5) | 30.0 (24.0 to 36.0) | |
Private insurance | 31.8 (29.9 to 33.7) | 25.1 (19.2 to 31.1) | 18.4 (14.9 to 21.9) | 33.3 (26.9 to 39.8) | |
Other | 11.0 (9.7 to 12.3) | 13.6 (8.8 to 18.2) | 19.2 (15.8 to 22.5) | 12.5 (7.8 to 17.2) | |
Hospital size, % | |||||
Small | 4.8 (4.2 to 5.4) | 5.0 (2.1 to 8.0) | 8.0 (5.2 to 10.9) | 3.3 (1.4 to 5.3) | <0.001 |
Medium | 19.9 (17.7 to 22.0) | 23.6 (17.2 to 30.1) | 28.7 (23.4 to 33.9) | 18.8 (13.4 to 24.1) | |
Large | 75.3 (73.0 to 77.7) | 71.4 (64.5 to 78.2) | 63.3 (57.9 to 68.6) | 77.9 (72.3 to 83.5) |
95% CI for each value are presented in parentheses. Values for Budd-Chiari syndrome are withheld due to low counts per Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project standards.