Table 2.

Visit Characteristics

Visit Characteristic	Total N = 661	MA n = 355	NY n = 156	CA n = 150
Emergency Severity Index (%)
1	14 (2.1)	6 (1.7)	0 (0.0)	8 (5.4)
2	191 (29.2)	155 (44.3)	8 (5.2)	28 (18.8)
3	311 (47.6)	151 (43.1)	106 (68.4)	54 (36.2)
4	118 (18.0)	29 (8.3)	35 (22.6)	54 (36.2)
5	9 (1.4)	0 (0.0)	4 (2.6)	5 (3.4)
Missing	11 (1.7)	9 (2.6)	2 (1.3)	0 (0.0)
Time of arrival to ED (%)
6 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	317 (48.0)	175 (49.3)	50 (32.1)	92 (61.3)
12 p.m. to 5:59 p.m.	213 (32.2)	79 (22.3)	93 (59.6)	41 (27.3)
6 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	73 (11.0)	61 (17.2)	7 (4.5)	5 (3.3)
12 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.	46 (7.0)	32 (9.0)	5 (3.2)	9 (6.0)
Missing	12 (1.8)	8 (2.3)	1 (0.6)	3 (2.0)
Day of arrival (%)
Monday	87 (13.2)	49 (13.8)	38 (24.4)	0 (0.0)
Tuesday	124 (18.8)	74 (20.8)	32 (20.5)	18 (12.0)
Wednesday	94 (14.2)	41 (11.5)	27 (17.3)	26 (17.3)
Thursday	107 (16.2)	62 (17.5)	32 (20.5)	13 (8.7)
Friday	161 (24.4)	69 (19.4)	20 (12.8)	72 (48.0)
Saturday	69 (10.4)	43 (12.1)	5 (3.2)	21 (14.0)
Sunday	7 (1.1)	7 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Missing	12 (1.8)	10 (2.8)	2 (1.3)	0 (0.0)
Discharge Disposition (%)
Being Admitted	144 (22.1)	94 (26.9)	10 (6.5)	40 (27.0)
Being Discharged	303 (46.5)	127 (36.4)	68 (43.9)	108 (73.0)
Observation status admission	21 (3.2)	5 (1.4)	16 (10.3)	0 (0.0)
Other	12 (1.8)	12 (3.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Missing	172 (26.4)	111 (31.8)	61 (39.4)	0 (0.0)
Self-reported reason for visit (%)
An accident or injury	93 (14.1)	29 (8.2)	15 (9.6)	49 (32.7)
A new health problem	237 (35.9)	131 (36.9)	59 (37.8)	47 (31.3)
An existing health problem that got worse	277 (41.9)	155 (43.7)	75 (48.1)	47 (31.3)
Other/Not Sure	36 (5.4)	26 (7.3)	5 (3.2)	5 (3.3)
Missing	18 (2.7)	14 (3.9)	2 (1.3)	2 (1.3)