Table 1 Patient demographics “encounter-level”
Overall | Admission | No admission | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Female (n, %) | 50,609 (45.4%) | 19,895 (48.6%) | 30,714 (43.5%) | < .0001 |
Race (n, %) | ||||
White/Caucasian | 84,095 (75.4%) | 32,663 (79.8%) | 51,432 (72.9%) | < .0001 |
Black/African American | 18,674 (16.7%) | 5981 (14.6%) | 12,693 (18.0%) | |
Asian | 3490 (3.1%) | 842 (2.1%) | 2648 (3.8%) | |
Other/unknown | 5268 (4.7%) | 1456 (3.6%) | 3812 (5.4%) | |
Age category (years) (n, %) | ||||
0–24 | 17,772 (15.9%) | 2611 (6.4%) | 15,161 (21.5%) | < .0001 |
25–44 | 34,428 (30.9%) | 8454 (20.6%) | 25,974 (36.8%) | |
45–64 | 35,825 (32.1%) | 15,440 (37.7%) | 20,385 (28.9%) | |
65–84 | 11,993 (10.8%) | 7064 (17.3%) | 4929 (7.0%) | |
85+ | 11,509 (10.3%) | 7373 (18.0%) | 4136 (5.9%) | |
Acuity level (n, %) | ||||
Resuscitation | 1290 (1.2%) | 1210 (3.0%) | 80 (0.1%) | < .0001 |
Emergent | 45,619 (40.9%) | 25,167 (61.5%) | 20,452 (29.0%) | |
Urgent | 51,489 (46.2%) | 14,178 (34.6%) | 37,311 (52.9%) | |
Non-urgent | 11,960 (10.7%) | 378 (0.9%) | 11,582 (16.4%) | |
Minor | 1169 (1.0%) | 9 (0.0%) | 1160 (1.6%) | |
Primary payer (n, %) | ||||
BCBS | 44,191 (39.6%) | 13,563 (33.1%) | 30,628 (43.4%) | < .0001 |
Commercial | 25,308 (22.7%) | 7288 (17.8%) | 18,020 (25.5%) | |
Medicaid | 4805 (4.3%) | 2120 (5.2%) | 2685 (3.8%) | |
Medicare | 27,754 (24.9%) | 16,343 (39.9%) | 11,411 (16.2%) | |
Military | 536 (0.5%) | 201 (0.5%) | 335 (0.5%) | |
Self-Pay | 7816 (7.0%) | 1238 (3.0%) | 6578 (9.3%) | |
Workers comp | 1117 (1.0%) | 189 (0.5%) | 928 (1.3%) | |
Arrival day (n, %) | ||||
Sunday | 14,717 (13.2%) | 4926 (12.0%) | 9791 (13.9%) | < .0001 |
Monday | 17,495 (15.7%) | 6729 (16.4%) | 10,766 (15.3%) | |
Tuesday | 16,106 (14.4%) | 6008 (14.7%) | 10,098 (14.3%) | |
Wednesday | 15,974 (14.3%) | 6128 (15.0%) | 9846 (13.9%) | |
Thursday | 15,725 (14.1%) | 5905 (14.4%) | 9820 (13.9%) | |
Friday | 16,577 (14.9%) | 6269 (15.3%) | 10,308 (14.6%) | |
Saturday | 14,933 (13.4%) | 4977 (12.2%) | 9956 (14.1%) | |
Arrival season (n, %) | ||||
Spring | 18,696 (16.8%) | 7046 (17.2%) | 11,650 (16.5%) | 0.004 |
Summer | 35,128 (31.5%) | 12,684 (31.0%) | 22,444 (31.8%) | |
Autumn | 33,537 (30.1%) | 12,351 (30.2%) | 21,186 (30.0%) | |
Winter | 24,166 (21.7%) | 8861 (21.6%) | 15,305 (21.7%) | |
Charlson index (mean, std) | 0.6 (0.9) | 0.9 (1.1) | 0.4 (0.7) | < .0001 |
Number of denials arrival day (mean, std) | 1.5 (1.9) | 1.5 (1.9) | 1.4 (1.9) | 0.058 |
Boarders at disposition hour (n, %) | 50,943 (45.7%) | 19,907 (48.6%) | 31,036 (44.0%) | < .0001 |