Patient demographics and injury characteristics
| Entire cohort (n=94) | |
| Age, 60+ | 23 (24.5%) |
| Length of stay | 3 (2–5) |
| Sex, male | 43 (45.7%) |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | |
| White | 49 (52.1) |
| Hispanic | 35 (37.2) |
| Black | 10 (10.6) |
| Education (%) | |
| Less than high school | 6 (6.4) |
| High school | 36 (38.3) |
| Some college | 24 (25.5) |
| 4-year college degree | 14 (14.9) |
| Graduate school | 9 (9.6) |
| Payer (%) | |
| Commercial | 35 (37.2) |
| Government | 59 (62.8) |
| Relative DRG weight | 1.8±1.5 |
| Trauma patient (vs. emergency surgery) | 35 (37.2%) |
| NVS score (%) | |
| 0 | 2 (2.1) |
| 1 | 11 (11.7) |
| 2 | 11 (11.7) |
| 3 | 14 (14.9) |
| 4 | 17 (18.1) |
| 5 | 19 (20.2) |
| 6 | 20 (21.3) |
| NVS score (%) | |
| 0–3 inadequate health literacy | 38 (40.4) |
| 4–6 adequate health literacy | 56 (59.6) |
DRG, diagnostic-related group; NVS, Newest Vital Sign.