Table 2.
Comparison of Asthma Patient Characteristics between Children's Hospitals and General Hospitals between Pennsylvania and New York
| PA Children's Hospital | PA General Hospital | NY Children's Hospital | NY General Hospital | P-Value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comorbidity Variables | ||||||||
| Any comorbidity (%)† | 3.0 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 1.6 | + | + | + | + |
| Demographic Variables | ||||||||
| Male (%) | 61 | 62 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | + | 0 |
| Age in years mean | 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.0 | + | 0 | 0 | + |
| White (%) | 26 | 69 | 27 | 29 | + | + | + | + |
| Black (%) | 58 | 19 | 35 | 38 | + | + | 0 | + |
| Unknown race (%) | 7.9 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 8.9 | 0 | + | 0 | + |
| Other race (%) | 9.0 | 4.5 | 35 | 24 | + | + | + | + |
| Insurance Status | ||||||||
| Blue Cross and commercial (%) | 36 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 0 | + | + | + |
| Medicaid (%) | 17 | 28 | 52 | 54 | + | + | + | + |
| of Medicaid, the % in HMO (%) | 27 | 17 | 16 | 20 | + | + | 0 | + |
| Non-Medicaid HMO (%) | 30 | 26 | 16 | 12 | + | + | + | + |
| Uninsured (%) | 2.2 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 12 | + | + | + | + |
| Estimated Income | ||||||||
| Median income ≤ 25,000 (%) | 35 | 7.3 | 36 | 24 | + | + | + | + |
| Median income >25,000 & <50,000 (%) | 55 | 69 | 46 | 59 | + | + | + | + |
| Median income ≥ 50,000 (%) | 8.0 | 21 | 17 | 17 | + | 0 | + | + |
| Median income unknown (%) | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | + | + |
| ICD9 Codes | ||||||||
| ICD9 493.00: EXT Asthma w/o status asthmaticus (%) | 2.0 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 3.2 | + | + | + | + |
| ICD9 493.01: EXT Asthma w/o status asthmaticus (%) | 51 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 7.8 | + | + | + | + |
| ICD9 493.90: Asthma w/o status asthmaticus (%) | 4.0 | 40 | 41 | 35 | + | + | + | + |
| ICD9 493.91: Asthma w/o status asthmaticus (%) | 43 | 49 | 56 | 53 | + | + | + | + |
| Other asthma ICD9 codes (%) | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | + | + | 0 | + |
| Emergency Admissions % | 77 | 56 | 76 | 76 | + | 0 | + | + |
| Distance between Patient Home and the Hospital | ||||||||
| Nearest hospital | 14 | 52 | 35 | 46 | + | + | + | + |
| Not nearest hospital | 83 | 35 | 60 | 52 | + | + | + | + |
| Unknown (%) | 3.5 | 13 | 4.5 | 1.7 | + | + | + | + |
| Previous Admission Rate (%) | 6.0 | 5.2 | 22 | 18 | + | + | + | 0 |
*
Four tests are reported per line in the following order: PA Children's vs. PA General; NY Children's vs. NY General; NY vs. PA; and Children's vs. General. A test significant at p <0.05 is denoted with a “+,” a nonsignificant test is denoted by a “0.”
†
Comorbidities include: diabetes, sickle cell anemia, cerebral palsy, seizures, congenital heart disease, immunocompromised, AIDS, mental retardation, trisomy, spina bifida, congenital nervous system anomaly, muscle anomaly, other chromosome anomaly, and cystic fibrosis.