Characteristics of patients (aged up to 18 years) hospitalised due to haemophagocytic syndromes (years 2012–2014)
| Characteristics | Total n=840, (%) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 435 (51.8) |
| Female | 405 (48.2) |
| Type of admission | |
| Emergency/urgent | 655 (78) |
| Elective | 185 (22) |
| Disposition status | |
| Routine | 645 (76.8) |
| Transfer to another short-term hospital | 45 (5.4) |
| Transfer to long-term care facility | DS* |
| Home healthcare | 90 (10.7) |
| Died in hospital | 45 (5.4) |
| Unknown destination | DS* |
| Race (information on race is available for 765 hospitalisations) | |
| Caucasian | 315 (41.2) |
| African American | 125 (16.3) |
| Hispanic | 205 (26.8) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 75 (9.8) |
| Other races | 45 (5.9) |
| Insurance status | |
| Medicare | DS* |
| Medicaid | 420 (50) |
| Private | 310 (36.9) |
| Uninsured | DS* |
| Other insurance | 95 (11.3) |
| Hospital region | |
| Northeast | 130 (15.5) |
| Midwest | 175 (20.8) |
| South | 360 (42.9) |
| West | 175 (20.8) |
| Urban non-teaching hospital | 30 (3.6) |
| Urban teaching hospital | 810 (96.4) |
| Length of stay in hospital | |
| Mean | 22.1 days |
| Median | 9.6 days |
| 25th percentile | 3.1 days |
| 75th percentile | 26.5 days |
| Hospital charges (adjusted to year 2014 US$ value) | |
| Mean | US$330 658 |
| Median | US$100 426 |
| 25th percentile | US$32 327 |
| 75th percentile | US$264 288 |
*As per the data user agreement (author- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality), cell counts ≤10 cannot be reported to maintain patient and hospital privacy. In accordance with the agreement, low cell counts were not reported and the term ‘DS’ (discharge information suppressed) was used instead.