Characteristics of patients discharged from the Hospitalist service and the thoracic oncology service excluding encounters with ICU stay and chemotherapy charges
| Patient characteristic | Category | Hospitalist | Thoracic | P value |
| Age group | 1:<45 | 5 (3.4%) | 7 (5.1%) | 0.394 |
| 2:(45,65) | 62 (41.9%) | 66 (47.8%) | – | |
| 3:≥65 | 81 (54.7%) | 65 (47.1%) | – | |
| Gender | Female | 70 (47.3%) | 63 (45.7%) | 0.780 |
| Male | 78 (52.7%) | 75 (54.3%) | – | |
| Race | Asian | 13 (8.8%) | 15 (10.9%) | 0.686 |
| Black | 17 (11.5%) | 11 (8%) | – | |
| Other | 14 (9.5%) | 11 (8%) | – | |
| White | 104 (70.3%) | 101 (73.2%) | – | |
| Tumour stage | Distant | 98 (66.2%) | 90 (65.2%) | 0.762 |
| Localised | 10 (6.8%) | 7 (5.1%) | – | |
| No evidence of disease | 6 (4.1%) | 3 (2.2%) | – | |
| Regional | 32 (21.6%) | 35 (25.4%) | – | |
| Unstaged | 2 (1.4%) | 3 (2.2%) | – | |
| Insurance | 1:Private | 55 (37.2%) | 58 (42%) | 0.145 |
| 2:Medicare | 83 (56.1%) | 60 (43.5%) | – | |
| 3:Medicaid | 1 (0.7%) | 2 (1.4%) | – | |
| 4:Uninsured | 5 (3.4%) | 11 (8%) | – | |
| 5:Other | 4 (2.7%) | 7 (5.1%) | – | |
| Admission status | Elective | 6 (4.1%) | 6 (4.3%) | 0.860 |
| Emergency | 140 (94.6%) | 129 (93.5%) | – | |
| Urgent | 2 (1.4%) | 3 (2.2%) | – | |
| Discharge status | Home | 108 (73%) | 100 (72.5%) | 0.373 |
| Home health | 2 (1.4%) | (%) | – | |
| Transfer | 15 (10.1%) | 15 (10.9%) | – | |
| Left against medical advice or expired | 4 (2.7%) | (%) | – | |
| Hospice | 3 (2%) | 4 (2.9%) | – | |
| Skilled nursing/rehab/Long Term Acute Care | 11 (7.4%) | 14 (10.1%) | – | |
| Left against medical advice or Expired | 5 (3.4%) | 5 (3.6%) | – | |
| Day of discharge | 1:Sunday | 14 (9.5%) | 15 (10.9%) | 0.858 |
| 2:Monday | 15 (10.1%) | 13 (9.4%) | – | |
| 3:Tuesday | 29 (19.6%) | 21 (15.2%) | – | |
| 4:Wednesday | 22 (14.9%) | 25 (18.1%) | – | |
| 5:Thursday | 21 (14.2%) | 25 (18.1%) | – | |
| 6:Friday | 38 (25.7%) | 30 (21.7%) | – | |
| 7:Saturday | 9 (6.1%) | 9 (6.5%) | – | |
| Complications | 0:No | 146 (98.6%) | 138 (100%) | 0.171 |
| 1:Yes | 2 (1.4%) | (%) | – | |
| International patient | 0:No | 147 (99.3%) | 134 (97.1%) | 0.152 |
| 1:Yes | 1 (0.7%) | 4 (2.9%) | – | |
| Comorbidity count | 0:<3 | 79 (53.4%) | 80 (58%) | 0.435 |
| 1:≥3 | 69 (46.6%) | 58 (42%) | – | |
| LOS | 0:≤4 days | 83 (56.1%) | 72 (52.2%) | 0.508 |
| 1:>4 days | 65 (43.9%) | 66 (47.8%) | – |
LOS, length of stay.