TABLE 2.
Characteristics of Emergency Departments by Disposition
| All Dispositions N = 37,655 | Discharged N = 19,519 | Admitted N = 15,510 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Column % (95% CI) | Column % (95% CI) | Column % (95% CI) | |
| Trauma Center | ||||
| No | 14,086 | 37.4 (32.6, 42.2) | 50.8 (46.1, 55.5) | 16.1 (10.6, 21.7) |
| Yes | 23,569 | 62.6 (57.8, 67.4) | 49.2 (44.5, 53.9) | 83.9 (78.3, 89.4) |
| Hospital Region | ||||
| Northeast | 6,262 | 16.6 (13.5, 19.7) | 19.6 (16.4, 22.8) | 13.5 (8.9, 18.0) |
| Midwest | 10,933 | 29.0 (22.7, 35.3) | 27.4 (22.1, 32.6) | 30.4 (19.8, 41.1) |
| South | 13,114 | 34.8 (29.6, 40.1) | 37.0 (32.8, 41.2) | 31.8 (22.9, 40.6) |
| West | 7,345 | 19.5 (14.8, 24.2) | 16.1 (13.5, 18.7) | 24.3 (15.2, 33.4) |
| Urban | ||||
| Urban | 30,865 | 82.0(80.2, 83.8) | 80.3 (78.2, 82.3) | 85.4 (82.4, 88.3) |
| Rural | 6,638 | 17.6 (15.9, 19.4) | 19.4 (17.4, 21.5) | 14.2 (11.3, 17.1) |
| Teaching Hospital | ||||
| Metropolitan non-teaching | 7,804 | 20.7 (17.5, 23.9) | 28.1 (24.8, 31.5) | 8.6 (5.4, 11.8) |
| Metropolitan teaching | 25,430 | 67.5 (63.3, 71.7) | 54.2 (49.8, 58.6) | 89.1 (85.6, 92.6) |
| Non-metropolitan* | 4,420 | 11.7 (10.0, 13.5) | 17.7 (15.4, 19.9) | 2.3 (1.5, 3.1) |
| Volume of children < 2# | ||||
| Low | 2,961 | 7.9 (6.1, 9.7) | 11.0 (8.5, 13.5) | 2.6 (1.4, 3.8) |
| Medium | 10,390 | 27.6 (23.4, 31.8) | 35.6 (31.4, 39.8) | 14.5 (9.8, 19.2) |
| High | 24,303 | 64.5 (59.5, 69.6) | 53.4 (48.4, 58.4) | 82.9 (77.7, 88.0) |
*
The NEDS does not stratify non-metropolitan hospitals by teaching status.
#
ED volume of children <2 was calculated using all hospitals in the NEDS. Because not all hospitals evaluated children for abuse, the distribution of this categorical variable in our study cohort does not equal low (25%), medium (50%), high (25%).