Patient and Hospital Characteristics of CF Hospitalizations
Table 1.1 presents the demographic characteristics of hospital
discharges for patients with CF overall and stratified by CDI status.
The median age (13 years, p=0.33) of the sample was similar in both
groups. Whites and southern geographic region constituted the greatest
proportion of CF hospitalizations in both groups. Private insurance
composed the largest proportion of insurance overall (51%). Patients
were mostly seen at urban teaching hospitals (84%) with large bed size
(59%).