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Table 3 Demographics (encounter-level)—stratified to without boarders only

From: Evaluating the impact of emergency department crowding on disposition patterns and outcomes of discharged patients

 

Overall

Admission

No admission

p value

Female (n, %)

28,034 (46.3%)

10,376 (49.3%)

17,658 (44.6%)

< .0001

Race (n, %)

 White/Caucasian

45,543 (75.2%)

16,760 (79.7%)

28,783 (72.8%)

< .0001

 Black/African American

10,115 (16.7%)

3070 (14.6%)

7045 (17.8%)

 

 Asian

2011 (3.3%)

449 (2.1%)

1562 (3.9%)

 

 Other/unknown

2915 (4.8%)

756 (3.6%)

2159 (5.5%)

 

Age category (years) (n, %)

 0–24

10,434 (17.2%)

1419 (6.7%)

9015 (22.8%)

< .0001

 25–44

18,920 (31.2%)

4504 (21.4%)

14,416 (36.5%)

 

 45–64

19,155 (31.6%)

7888 (37.5%)

11,267 (28.5%)

 

 65–84

6197 (10.2%)

3521 (16.7%)

2676 (6.8%)

 

 85+

5878 (9.7%)

3703 (17.6%)

2175 (5.5%)

 

Acuity level (n, %)

 Resuscitation

723 (1.2%)

676 (3.2%)

47 (0.1%)

< .0001

 Emergent

23,946 (39.5%)

12,779 (60.8%)

11,167 (28.2%)

 

 Urgent

28,036 (46.3%)

7359 (35.0%)

20,677 (52.3%)

 

 Non-urgent

7150 (11.8%)

215 (1.0%)

6935 (17.5%)

 

 Minor

729 (1.2%)

6 (0.0%)

723 (1.8%)

 

Primary payer (n, %)

 BCBS

24,294 (40.1%)

7099 (33.7%)

17,195 (43.5%)

< .0001

 Commercial

14,048 (23.2%)

3779 (18.0%)

10,269 (26.0%)

 

 Medicaid

2568 (4.2%)

1086 (5.2%)

1482 (3.7%)

 

 Medicare

14,332 (23.7%)

8197 (39.0%)

6135 (15.5%)

 

 Military

286 (0.5%)

101 (0.5%)

185 (0.5%)

 

 Self-Pay

4471 (7.4%)

686 (3.3%)

3785 (9.6%)

 

 Workers comp

585 (1.0%)

87 (0.4%)

498 (1.3%)

 

Arrival day (n, %)

 Sunday

13,708 (22.6%)

4562 (21.7%)

9146 (23.1%)

< .0001

 Monday

9920 (16.4%)

3590 (17.1%)

6330 (16.0%)

 

 Tuesday

6392 (10.6%)

2244 (10.7%)

4148 (10.5%)

 

 Wednesday

5894 (9.7%)

2165 (10.3%)

3729 (9.4%)

 

 Thursday

5801 (9.6%)

2081 (9.9%)

3720 (9.4%)

 

 Friday

7014 (11.6%)

2513 (11.9%)

4501 (11.4%)

 

 Saturday

11,855 (19.6%)

3880 (18.4%)

7975 (20.2%)

 

Arrival season (n, %)

 Spring

8876 (14.7%)

3065 (14.6%)

5811 (14.7%)

0.677

 Summer

22,332 (36.9%)

7787 (37.0%)

14,545 (36.8%)

 

 Autumn

17,599 (29.0%)

6143 (29.2%)

11,456 (29.0%)

 

 Winter

11,777 (19.4%)

4040 (19.2%)

7737 (19.6%)

 

Charlson index (mean, std)

0.5 (0.9)

0.9 (1.0)

0.3 (0.7)

< .0001

Number of denials arrival day (mean, std)

0.9 (1.5)

0.9 (1.6)

0.9 (1.5)

0.183