Table 1 Baseline characteristics
From: Alcohol misuse and outpatient follow-up after hospital discharge: a retrospective cohort study
| Â | Overall | Alcohol misuse | No alcohol misuse | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 17,575 | N = 4984 | N = 12,591 | ||
Age (mean) | 56.7 | 53.8 | 57.9 | < 0.0001 |
Male gender (%) | 57.8 | 68.8 | 53.5 | < 0.0001 |
Ethnicity |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 White (%) | 42.7 | 46.7 | 41.1 |  |
 Black (%) | 16.4 | 15.8 | 16.6 |  |
 Hispanic (%) | 36.8 | 33.3 | 38.1 |  |
 Other (%) | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |  |
Homelessness (%) | 23.2 | 34.7 | 18.7 | < 0.0001 |
Comorbidities | ||||
 Other substance use disorder (%) | 16.2 | 24.7 | 12.5 | < 0.0001 |
 Bipolar disorder (%) | 9.2 | 11.4 | 7.2 | < 0.0001 |
 Depression (%) | 30.4 | 33.4 | 29.1 | < 0.0001 |
 Schizophrenia (%) | 4.4 | 5.5 | 3.9 | < 0.0001 |
 Hepatitis C (%) | 11.5 | 17.4 | 8.9 | < 0.0001 |
 HIV/AIDS (%) | 2.9 | 3.7 | 2.5 | < 0.0001 |
 Mild liver disease (no portal hypertension) (%) | 5.2 | 9.9 | 3.1 | < 0.0001 |
 Moderate-severe liver disease (%) | 2.9 | 5.9 | 1.5 | < 0.0001 |
Payer source |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Self pay/other (%) | 26.2 | 32.3 | 23.8 |  |
 Medicaid (%) | 32.5 | 35.3 | 31.5 |  |
 Medicare (%) | 32.9 | 25.2 | 36.0 |  |
 Commercial (%) | 8.3 | 7.2 | 8.8 |  |
Charlson/Deyo index |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 0 (%) | 5.6 | 8.7 | 4.3 |  |
 1–2 (%) | 45.7 | 51.0 | 43.6 |  |
 ≥ 3 (%) | 48.7 | 40.3 | 52.1 |  |
Length of stay (days) | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | < 0.01 |