Table 1.
Characteristics of study patients based on whether or not they experienced an increase in distance to the nearest ED (n=785,385)
| Change in Driving Distance | Decrease and no change (%) |
Increase (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Number of patients* | 717,808 (91.4) | 67,577 (8.6) |
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| Subgroup conditions* | ||
| AMI | 149273 (92.0) | 12979 (8.0) |
| Stroke | 174989 (91.6) | 16116 (8.4) |
| Sepsis | 178209 (90.3) | 19148 (9.7) |
| Asthma-COPD | 215337 (91.8) | 19334 (8.2) |
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| Gender | ||
| Male | 329912 (46.0) | 31011 (45.9) |
| Female | 387881 (54.0) | 36565 (54.1) |
| Unknown | 15 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) |
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| Age category | ||
| 18-44 years | 52489 (7.3) | 5410 (8.0) |
| 45-64 years | 182758 (25.5) | 19231 (28.5) |
| 65-74 years | 149845 (20.9) | 13848 (20.5) |
| 75-84 years | 201438 (28.1) | 17533 (26.0) |
| ≥ 85 years | 131278 (18.3) | 11555 (17.1) |
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| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| Non-hispanic White | 477645 (66.5) | 40033 (59.2) |
| Non-hispanic Black | 54105 (7.5) | 9553 (14.1) |
| Hispanic | 109163 (15.2) | 11949 (17.7) |
| Other (Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American) |
64530 (9.0) | 5330 (7.9) |
| Unknown | 12365 (1.7) | 712 (1.1) |
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| Insurance | ||
| Medicare | 468755 (65.3) | 42907 (63.5) |
| Medi-Cal (Medicaid) | 90400 (12.6) | 10009 (14.8) |
| Private | 115881 (16.1) | 10179 (15.1) |
| Uninsured/self-pay | 33653 (4.7) | 3777 (5.6) |
| Other | 8914 (1.2%) | 697 (1.0) |
| Unknown | 205 (0.0) | 8 (0.0) |
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| Elixhauser comorbidities† | ||
| Hypertension | 418781 (58.3) | 42508 (62.9) |
| Diabetes | 169252 (23.6) | 17382 (25.7) |
| Fluid & electrolyte disorder | 203746 (28.4) | 21393 (31.7) |
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| Mortality | 75075 (10.5) | 7459 (11.0) |
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| Case mix index mean (SD) | 1.12 (0.19) | 1.19 (0.18) |
*
These are row percentages; remainder of table shows column percentages.
†
Only most common three Elixhauser comorbidities listed