TABLE 1.
Patient Demographic Characteristics
| Characteristic | Intervention N (months) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preimplementation (Before 1/1/2008, n = 754 [40.4%])a | Implementation (1/1/2008 to 3/31/2009, n = 438 [23.5%]) | Postimplementation (After 3/31/2009, n = 673 [36.1]) | Pb | |
| Age at admission (median, IQR), y | 5.2 (3.3–8.2) | 4.9 (3.2–7.6) | 5.4 (3.5–8.4) | .14 |
| Gender, n (%) | .28 | |||
| Male | 424 (56.2) | 246 (56.2) | 404 (60.0) | |
| Female | 330 (43.8) | 192 (43.8) | 269 (40.0) | |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | .68 | |||
| White | 543 (72.0) | 306 (69.9) | 496 (73.7) | |
| Hispanic | 131 (17.4) | 82 (18.7) | 115 (17.1) | |
| Other | 80 (10.6) | 50 (11.5) | 62 (9.2) | |
| Insurance, n (%) | .98 | |||
| Medicaid | 203 (27.0) | 123 (28.1) | 188 (27.9) | |
| Private | 504 (66.9) | 290 (66.2) | 442 (65.7) | |
| Self-pay | 46 (6.1) | 25 (5.7) | 43 (6.4) | |
IQR, interquartile range.
a
1 subject had missing insurance information.
b
P values compare the revised postimplementation and preimplementation periods without covariate adjustment.