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Table 2 Differences among patient characteristics with regards to access to a PCP

From: Emergency department waiting room: many requests, many insured and many primary care physician referrals

Variable

No access to a PCP (n= 82)

Access to a PCP (n= 315)

P value

Demographics

   

Age (mean, SD)

33.2 (12.8)

40.4 (14.9)

<0.0001

Gender (female)

40 (50.0%)

167 (53.5)

0.57

Race*

   

White

36 (46.8)

205 (68.1)

0.001*

Black

30 (38.9)

70 (23.3)

0.005*

Others

11 (14.3)

26 (8.6)

0.14

Ethnicity#

   

Hispanic

24 (39.3)

30 (14.6)

<0.0001*

NHNL

32 (52.5)

159 (77.6)

<0.0001*

Unknown

5 (8.2)

16 (7.8)

0.92

Employed

46 (56.1)

167 (53.5)

0.68

Some kind of insurance

52 (63.4)

277 (87.9)

<0.0001*

  1. *Seventy-seven subjects with no access to a PCP and 301 subjects with access to PCP disclosed their race; #61 subjects with no access to a PCP and 205 subjects with access to a PCP disclosed their ethnicity.