Table 1.
Visit-Level Characteristics for Concussion Primary Care Visits, Stratified by Pre- and Post-intervention Period (N = 14 527).
| All Concussion Visits | Pre-intervention July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012 | Post-intervention July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2014 | ||||
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| n | Proportion (%) | n | Proportion (%) | n | Proportion (%) | |
| Overall | 14 527 | 3744 | 10 783 | |||
| Patient age (years) at date of visit | ||||||
| 0–4 | 225 | 1.5 | 89 | 2.4 | 136 | 1.3 |
| 5–11 | 4031 | 27.7 | 950 | 25.4 | 3081 | 28.6 |
| 12–14 | 5433 | 37.4 | 1362 | 36.4 | 4071 | 37.8 |
| 15–19 | 4838 | 33.3 | 1343 | 35.9 | 3495 | 32.4 |
| Patient sex | ||||||
| Female | 6898 | 47.5 | 1560 | 41.7 | 5338 | 49.5 |
| Male | 7629 | 52.5 | 2184 | 58.3 | 5445 | 50.5 |
| Patient race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic | 505 | 3.5 | 131 | 3.5 | 374 | 3.5 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 11 041 | 76.0 | 2828 | 75.5 | 8213 | 76.2 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 1659 | 11.4 | 463 | 12.4 | 1196 | 11.1 |
| Non-Hispanic other/Multiple | 233 | 1.6 | 43 | 1.1 | 190 | 1.8 |
| Unknown | 1089 | 7.5 | 279 | 7.5 | 810 | 7.5 |
| Payor | ||||||
| Medicaid | 1773 | 12.2 | 398 | 10.6 | 1,375 | 12.8 |
| Private | 12 558 | 86.4 | 3288 | 87.8 | 9270 | 86.0 |
| Self-pay | 196 | 1.3 | 58 | 1.5 | 138 | 1.3 |
| Presence of other injuries | ||||||
| No | 14 297 | 98.4 | 3653 | 97.6 | 10 644 | 98.7 |
| Yes | 230 | 1.6 | 91 | 2.4 | 139 | 1.3 |
| Visit is first concussion visit | ||||||
| No | 7671 | 52.8 | 1327 | 35.4 | 6344 | 58.8 |
| Yes | 6856 | 47.2 | 2417 | 64.6 | 4439 | 41.2 |
| Visit time of day | ||||||
| 07:00–10:59 | 4210 | 29.0 | 1096 | 29.3 | 3114 | 28.9 |
| 11:00–14:59 | 5403 | 37.2 | 1313 | 35.1 | 4090 | 37.9 |
| 15:00–18:59 | 4571 | 31.5 | 1236 | 33.0 | 3335 | 30.9 |
| 19:00–22:59 | 342 | 2.4 | 99 | 2.6 | 243 | 2.3 |
| Visit by weekend vs weekday | ||||||
| Weekend: Sat/Sun | 303 | 2.1 | 84 | 2.2 | 219 | 2.0 |
| Weekday: Mon-Fri | 14 224 | 97.9 | 3660 | 97.8 | 10 564 | 98.0 |
| Provider type | ||||||
| Physician | 12 740 | 87.7 | 3443 | 92.0 | 9297 | 86.2 |
| Nurse practitioner | 1695 | 11.7 | 280 | 7.5 | 1415 | 13.1 |
| Other | 92 | 0.6 | 21 | 0.6 | 71 | 0.7 |