Table 1.
Demographics
| Days between admissions
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n=202) |
≤3 (n=93) |
>3 (n=109) |
|
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 40.0 (11.9) | 38.7 (10.3) | 40.4 (12.9) |
| Education, years (mean ± SD) | 11.1 (2.4) | 11.0 (2.5) | 11.3 (2.3) |
| Gender (male) | 162 (80%) | 76 (82%) | 86 (79%) |
| Race | |||
| American Indian or Native Alaskan | 14 (7%) | 9 (10%) | 5 (5%) |
| Asian | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) |
| Black or African American | 91 (45%) | 40 (43%) | 51 (47%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| White | 87 (43%) | 41 (44%) | 46 (42%) |
| Other | 8 (4%) | 3 (3%) | 5 (5%) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 20 (10%) | 9 (10%) | 11 (10%) |
| Non-Hispanic | 182 (90%) | 84 (90%) | 98 (90%) |
| Employment status | |||
| Not employed | 175 (87%) | 81 (87%) | 94 (86%) |
| Full-time employment | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) |
| Part-time employment | 16 (8%) | 6 (6%) | 10 (9%) |
| Income source | |||
| No income source | 93 (46%) | 48 (52%) | 45 (41%) |
| SSI/SSDI and other disability | 72 (35%) | 32 (34%) | 40 (37%) |
| Family support | 9 (4%) | 2 (2%) | 7 (6%) |
| Other | 21 (10%) | 7 (8%) | 14 (13%) |
Notes: Random sample of 30-day psychiatric patient readmissions in the emergency department over a 12-month period, September 2015 to August 2016. Patients may have multiple listings for race and income source. Employment status was not released by all the patients.
Abbreviations: SSDI, Social Security Disability Insurance; SSI, Supplemental Security Income.