| 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 |