Table 2.
Characteristics of eligible acute care visits by patients ≥10 years old during baseline, intervention, and sustainment periods
| Acute Care Visit Characteristic1 | Overall N (%) |
Baseline (Jun 2021-May 2022) N (%) |
Intervention (Jun 2022-Jun 2023) N (%) |
Sustainment (Jul 2023-Jan 2024) N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Overall | N=47161 | N=18469 | N=18435 | N=10257 |
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| Sex | ||||
| Female | 24251 (51) | 9698 (53) | 9387 (51) | 5166 (50) |
| Male | 22907 (49) | 8771 (47) | 9045 (49) | 5091 (50) |
| Unknown | 3 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0) | 0 (0) |
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| Age Category, years | ||||
| 10–12 | 15564 (33) | 5704 (31) | 6391 (35) | 3469 (34) |
| 13–15 | 15931 (34) | 6468 (35) | 6060 (33) | 3403 (33) |
| 16–18 | 12111 (26) | 4830 (26) | 4602 (25) | 2679 (26) |
| ≥19 | 3555 (8) | 1467 (8) | 1382 (7) | 706 (7) |
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| Preferred language | ||||
| English | 34729 (74) | 13916 (75) | 13521 (73) | 7292 (71) |
| Spanish | 11390 (24) | 4197 (23) | 4510 (24) | 2683 (26) |
| Other | 1039 (2) | 355 (2) | 404 (2) | 280 (3) |
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| Insurance | ||||
| Private | 16079 (34) | 6460 (35) | 6172 (33) | 3447 (34) |
| Public | 30502 (65) | 11795 (64) | 12042 (65) | 6665 (65) |
| Self-Pay and Other | 580 (1) | 214 (1) | 221 (1) | 145 (1) |
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| Acute care encounter type | ||||
| Emergency department visit | ||||
| With admission to psychiatric unit | 389 (1) | 86 (0) | 199 (1) | 104 (1) |
| With admission to medical unit | 8118 (17) | 3208 (17) | 3104 (17) | 1806 (18) |
| Discharge or other disposition | 31865 (68) | 11913 (65) | 12775 (69) | 7177 (70) |
| Transfer to outside psychiatric facility | 193 (0) | 92 (0) | 69 (0) | 32 (0) |
| Direct admission to inpatient medical unit | 6596 (14) | 3170 (17) | 2288 (12) | 1138 (11) |
1
Eligible acute care visits were defined as those by patients ≥10 years old occurring in the emergency department and/or inpatient medical unit, excluding visits by patients with intellectual disabilities who were unable to answer suicide risk screening questions.