TABLE 3.
Associations Between Race/Ethnicity and LOS and Change in Associations, 2016–2019
| Diagnosis | Race | Percentage Differencea in LOS (95% CI), 2016 | P | Percentage Differencea in LOS (95% CI), 2019 | P | Change From 2016 to 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appendicitis | Black | 12.4% (8.4%–16.4%) | <.001 | 9.5% (2.4%–17.1%) | .008 | −2.9% |
| Hispanic | 4.5% (2.1%–6.9%) | <.001 | 7.5% (2.8%–12.4%) | .002 | +3% | |
| A/PI/NA/O | 4% (0.7%–7.3%) | .02 | 3.8% (−2.3% to 10.2%) | .22 | No longer seen | |
| Asthma | Black | 0.3% (−2% to 2.7%) | .79 | −1.1% (−4% to 2%) | .49 | — |
| Hispanic | 3.3% (0.6%–6%) | .02 | 3.1% (−0.3% to 6.5%) | .07 | No longer seen | |
| A/PI/NA/O | 0.2% (−3% to 3.5%) | .92 | −2.1% (−6% to 1.9%) | .3 | — | |
| Bronchiolitis | Black | −3.3% (−4.9% to −1.1%) | <.001 | −3.2% (−4.7% to −1.7%) | <.001 | +0.1% |
| Hispanic | 1.3% (−0.3% to 2.9%) | .12 | 1.3% (−0.2% to 2.9%) | .08 | — | |
| A/PI/NA/O | 2.4% (0.5%–4.4%) | .01 | −0.3% (−2.1% to 1.5%) | .76 | No longer seen | |
| Dehydration | Black | 3.7% (0.1%–7.4%) | .04 | 0.8% (−2.6% to 4.4%) | .63 | No longer seen |
| Hispanic | 2.1% (−1.1% to 5.5%) | .2 | −3.1% (−6.2% to 0.02%) | .05 | — | |
| A/PI/NA/O | 5.3% (1.2%–9.6%) | .01 | 2.5% (−1.4% to 6.5%) | .22 | No longer seen | |
| Diabetes | Black | 11.6% (9%–14.3%) | <.001 | 12.3% (9.7%–15%) | <.001 | +0.7% |
| Hispanic | 9.2% (6.1%–12.4%) | <.001 | 5% (2.1%–7.9%) | <.001 | −4.2% | |
| A/PI/NA/O | 9% (4.7%–13.4%) | <.001 | 11.7% (7.6%–15.9%) | <.001 | +2.7% | |
| Pneumonia | Black | −0.1% (−2.2% to 2.2%) | .98 | 2.7% (−0.5% to 6%) | .1 | — |
| Hispanic | 1.8% (−0.4% to 4.1%) | .1 | 5.8% (2.7%–9%) | <.001 | New finding | |
| A/PI/NA/O | 3.3% (0.6%–6.1%) | .02 | 4.1% (0.5%–7.9%) | .03 | +0.8% | |
| Sepsis | Black | 7.2% (3.7%–10.8%) | <.001 | 5.6% (2.6%–8.6%) | <.001 | −1.6% |
| Hispanic | 8% (4.7%–11.4%) | <.001 | 5.9% (3%–8.8%) | <.001 | −2.1% | |
| A/PI/NA/O | 5.5% (1.3%–9.9%) | .01 | 6% (2.4%–9.7%) | .001 | +0.5% | |
| Sickle cell disease | Black | 5.7% (−8.4% to 22%) | .45 | 3.9% (−10.5% to 20.6%) | .61 | — |
| Hispanic | 5.3% (−9.9% to 23%) | .52 | −9.3% (−22.8% to 6.4%) | .23 | — | |
| A/PI/NA/O | 4.3% (−11.4% to 23%) | .61 | 0.5% (−15.3% to 19.1%) | .96 | — | |
| URI | Black | 4.3% (−0.4% to 9.3%) | .07 | 3.2% (−1.7% to 8.4%) | .2 | — |
| Hispanic | 2.6% (−1.8% to 7.3%) | .25 | 5.5% (0.5%–10.8%) | .03 | New finding | |
| A/PI/NA/O | 5.4% (−0.3% to 11.6%) | .07 | 8% (1.7%–14.7%) | .01 | New finding | |
| UTI | Black | 9.9% (5.1%–14.9%) | <.001 | 8.8% (3.2%–14.6%) | .002 | −1.1% |
| Hispanic | 7.3% (3.5%–11.3%) | <.001 | 2.4% (−2.1% to 7.1%) | .3 | No longer seen | |
| A/PI/NA/O | 8.6% (3.4%–14%) | <.001 | 7.6% (1.6%–13.9%) | .01 | −1% |
A/PI/NA/O, Asian American or Pacific Islander, Native American, and other; CI, confidence interval. —, no association in either year and not statistically significant.
a
Reference group, white.