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Published on: March 26, 2019
Hospital discharge destinations for Hispanic and non-Hispanic white patients treated for traumatic brain injury
Todd J Janus1, Hayden L Smith, Angela Chigazola
1Department of Neurology, Iowa Health-Des Moines, Iowa, USA. JanusTJ@ihs.org
Purpose:
To examine hospital discharge destinations for Hispanic and non-Hispanic white patients treated for traumatic brain injury.
Methods:
Retrospective cohort study with patient matching.
Findings:
Ethnicity status not determined a significant predictor of discharge destination (P = .2150). Patient hospital length of stay determined a significant predictor of discharge destination (P = .0072), with every 1 day increase in length of stay, resulting in a 12% increase in odds of being discharged to care facility.
Conclusions:
Study data suggest that length of stay can predict discharge destination for both Hispanic and non-Hispanic white patients in a medium-sized trauma center in the Midwest.

