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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 6.
Published in final edited form as: Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2023 Jul 11;53(4):702–712. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12975

TABLE 1.

Univariate analyses of Emergency Department (ED) utilization category by baseline demographic variables at the index visit.

Characteristic Low ED utilizers: 1–4 visits (N = 2678) Medium ED utilizers: 5–9 visits (N = 307) High ED utilizers: 10+ visits (N = 109) Medium versus low ED utilizers High versus low ED utilizers
N % N % N % OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Age (years)
 <12 525 19.6 46 15.0 13 11.9 0.38 0.25–0.58 0.24 0.12–0.47
 12–18 1913 71.4 206 67.1 71 65.1 0.47 0.34–0.65 0.36 0.22–0.57
 ≥18 240 9.0 55 17.9 25 22.9 1.00 ref 1.00 ref
Sex
 Male 1030 38.5 81 26.4 31 28.4 1.00 ref 1.00 ref
 Female 1648 61.5 26 73.62 78 71.6 1.74 1.34–2.27 1.57 1.03–2.40
Race
 White or European American 728 27.2 59 19.2 19 17.4 1.00 ref 1.00 ref
 Black or African American 1594 59.5 223 72.6 80 73.4 1.73 1.28–2.33 1.92 1.16–3.20
 Other/Unknown race 356 13.3 25 8.1 10 9.2 0.87 0.53–1.41 1.08 0.49–2.34
Ethnicity
 Hispanic or Latino 201 7.5 21 6.8 7 6.4 0.89 0.56–1.42 0.83 0.38–1.81
Insurance type
 Commercial 1394 52.1 130 42.4 33 30.3 1.00 ref 1.00 ref
 Medicaid 1130 42.2 168 54.7 73 67.0 1.59 1.25–2.03 2.73 1.80–4.15
 Other/Unknown 154 5.7 9 2.9 3 2.7 0.63 0.31–1.26 0.82 0.25–2.71

Note: Bolded values are statistically significant (p < 0.05).