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Hospital Location 0.0091
Rural 1,898 8.95 7,724 9.21
Urban 19,320 91.05 76,174 90.79
COMORBIDITY-RELATED
Charlson-Deyo Comorbidity Index 0.0162
(Categorized)
0 10,943 51.57 43,894 52.32
1 6,202 29.23 24,186 28.83
2 2,466 11.62 9,465 11.28
2+ 1,607 7.57 6,353 7.57
*Continuous variable median and interquartile range reported, instead of N
and %, respectively.
**Standardized difference of >0.1 suggests a clinically meaningful covariate
distribution between groups

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