Uma V Mahajan1, Hammad A Khan1,2, Xiaofei Zhou3, Shaarada Srivatsa1, Christina H Wright3, Adam H Bates4, Martha Sajatovic5, Nicholas C Bambakidis6. 1. School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA. 3. Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Ave, HAN 5042, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. 4. Department of Neurocritical Care, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. 5. Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA. 6. Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Ave, HAN 5042, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. Nicholas.Bambakidis2@uhhospitals.org.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Factors associated with discharge disposition and mortality following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) are not well-characterized. We used a national all-payer database to identify factors associated with home discharge and in-hospital mortality. METHODS: The National Inpatient Sample was queried for patients with aSAH within a 4-year range. Weighted multivariable logistic regression models were constructed and adjusted for age, sex, race, household income, insurance status, comorbidity burden, National Inpatient Sample SAH Severity Score, disease severity, treatment modality, in-hospital complications, and hospital characteristics (size, teaching status, and region). RESULTS: Our sample included 37,965 patients: 33,605 were discharged alive and 14,350 were discharged home. Black patients had lower odds of in-hospital mortality compared with White patients (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.67, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.52-0.86, p = 0.002). Compared with patients with private insurance, those with Medicare were less likely to have a home discharge (aOR = 0.58, 95% CI 0.46-0.74, p < 0.001), whereas those with self-pay (aOR = 2.97, 95% CI 2.29-3.86, p < 0.001) and no charge (aOR = 3.21, 95% CI 1.57-6.55, p = 0.001) were more likely to have a home discharge. Household income percentile was not associated with discharge disposition or in-hospital mortality. Paradoxically, increased number of Elixhauser comorbidities was associated with significantly lower odds of in-hospital mortality. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate independent associations with hospital characteristics, patient characteristics, and treatment characteristics as related to discharge disposition and in-hospital mortality following aSAH, adjusted for disease severity.
BACKGROUND: Factors associated with discharge disposition and mortality following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) are not well-characterized. We used a national all-payer database to identify factors associated with home discharge and in-hospital mortality. METHODS: The National Inpatient Sample was queried for patients with aSAH within a 4-year range. Weighted multivariable logistic regression models were constructed and adjusted for age, sex, race, household income, insurance status, comorbidity burden, National Inpatient Sample SAH Severity Score, disease severity, treatment modality, in-hospital complications, and hospital characteristics (size, teaching status, and region). RESULTS: Our sample included 37,965 patients: 33,605 were discharged alive and 14,350 were discharged home. Black patients had lower odds of in-hospital mortality compared with White patients (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.67, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.52-0.86, p = 0.002). Compared with patients with private insurance, those with Medicare were less likely to have a home discharge (aOR = 0.58, 95% CI 0.46-0.74, p < 0.001), whereas those with self-pay (aOR = 2.97, 95% CI 2.29-3.86, p < 0.001) and no charge (aOR = 3.21, 95% CI 1.57-6.55, p = 0.001) were more likely to have a home discharge. Household income percentile was not associated with discharge disposition or in-hospital mortality. Paradoxically, increased number of Elixhauser comorbidities was associated with significantly lower odds of in-hospital mortality. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate independent associations with hospital characteristics, patient characteristics, and treatment characteristics as related to discharge disposition and in-hospital mortality following aSAH, adjusted for disease severity.
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