Table 1.
Demographic and Baseline Patient Characteristics for Limited English Proficiency vs. English-Speaking Patients at Index Visit.
| Characteristic | Admission Analysis
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Unplanned ED Revisit within 72 hours Analysis
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEP | English-Speaking | Total | LEP | English-Speaking | Total | |
| No. (% of total) | 2,943 (7.1) | 38,779 (92.9) | 41,722 (100.0) | 2,282 (6.9) | 30,575 (93.1) | 32,857 (100.0) |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 55.5 (19.1) | 48.0 (19.4) | 48.6 (19.4) | 53.0 (18.8) | 45.0 (18.2) | 45.5 (18.4) |
| Sex No. (Column %) | ||||||
| Men | 1,119 (38.0) | 16,181 (41.7) | 17,300 (41.5) | 813 (35.6) | 12,095 (39.6) | 12,908 (39.3) |
| Women | 1,824 (62.0) | 22,596 (58.3) | 24,420 (58.5) | 1,469 (64.4) | 18,478 (60.4) | 19,947 (60.7) |
| Insurance, No. (Column %) | ||||||
| Medicaid | 264 (9.0) | 2,716 (7.0) | 2,980 (7.1) | 180 (7.9) | 2,090 (6.8) | 2,270 (6.9) |
| Medicare | 844 (28.7) | 7,707 (19.9) | 8,551 (20.5) | 568 (24.9) | 4,618 (15.1) | 5,186 (15.8) |
| Private | 927 (31.5) | 18,503 (47.7) | 19,430 (46.6) | 783 (34.3) | 15,653 (51.2) | 16,436 (50.0) |
| Uninsured | 869 (29.5) | 9,246 (23.8) | 10,115 (24.2) | 721 (31.6) | 7,700 (25.2) | 8,421 (25.6) |
| Missing | 39 (1.3) | 607 (1.6) | 646 (1.5) | 30 (1.3) | 514 (1.7) | 544 (1.7) |
| Race, No. (Column %) | ||||||
| Asian | 147 (5.0) | 922 (2.4) | 1,069 (2.7) | 78 (3.4) | 656 (2.1) | 734 (2.2) |
| Black | 91 (3.1) | 12,580 (32.4) | 12,671 (31.5) | 79 (3.5) | 10,708 (35.0) | 10,787 (32.8) |
| White | 163 (5.5) | 9,633 (24.8) | 9,796 (24.3) | 85 (3.7) | 6,194 (20.3) | 6,279 (19.1) |
| Other | 2,475 (84.1) | 14,240 (36.7) | 16,715 (41.5) | 1,993 (87.3) | 11,993 (39.2) | 13,986 (42.6) |
| Missing | 67 (2.3) | 1,404 (3.6) | 1,471 (3.7) | 47 (2.1) | 1,024 (3.3) | 1,071 (3.3) |
| Ethnicity, No. (Column %) | ||||||
| Hispanic | 2,325 (79.0) | 11,512 (29.7) | 13,837 (33.2) | 1,870 (81.9) | 9,890 (32.3) | 11,760 (35.8) |
| Non-Hispanic | 511 (17.4) | 23,438 (60.4) | 23,949 (57.4) | 334 (14.6) | 17,803 (58.2) | 18,137 (55.2) |
| Missing | 107 (3.6) | 3,829 (9.9) | 3,936 (9.4) | 78 (3.4) | 2,882 (9.4) | 2,960 (9.0) |
| Charlson Comorbidity Score, mean (SD) | 0.39 (1.11) | 0.26 (0.91) | 0.27 (0.92) | 0.27 (0.91) | 0.16 (0.69) | 0.17 (0.71) |