Table 1.
Study Patient General Characteristics
| No Insurance N = 99,026 |
Charity N = 41,427 |
Medicare N = 24,279 |
Medicaid N = 36,516 |
Commercial N = 26,379 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age --- year Median (IQR) | 34 (26, 46) | 44 (33, 53) | 61 (50, 69) | 37 (22,52) | 38 (26,50) |
| Gender | |||||
| Male (n, %) | 50,601 (51) | 18,809 (45) | 12,477 (51) | 15,208 (42) | 11,928 (45) |
| Mode of Arrival | |||||
| Healthcare Assisted (n, %) | 19,713 (20) | 9792 (24) | 9150 (38) | 11,663 (32) | 6312 (24) |
| Homeless | |||||
| Yes (n, %) | 4962 (5.0) | 5651 (14) | 2818 (12) | 4708 (13) | 363 (1.4) |
| Race | |||||
| Caucasian (n, %) | 29,795 (30) | 15,600 (38) | 8852 (36) | 10,631 (29) | 8373 (32) |
| Non-Caucasian (n, %) | 69,231 (70) | 25,827 (62) | 15,427 (64) | 25,885 (71) | 18,006 (68) |
| Level of acuity | |||||
| ESI-1,2,3 (n, %) | 74,083 (75) | 33,526 (81) | 20,296 (84) | 28,666 (79) | 21,327 (81) |
| ESI-4,5 (n, %) | 24,629 (25) | 7803 (19) | 3930 (16) | 7760 (21) | 4981 (19) |
| Medications Prescribed upon ED Discharge | |||||
| Median (IQR) | 1 (0,2) | 1 (0,2) | 1 (0,2) | 1 (0,2) | 1 (0,2) |
| Mean (SD) | 1.5 (1.4) | 1.3 (1.5) | 1.2 (1.9) | 1.2 (1.5) | 1.3 (1.5) |
| History of Chronic Diseases | |||||
| No (n, %) | 57,065 (58) | 18,299 (44) | 8232 (34) | 18,464 (51) | 15,724 (60) |
| Yes (n, %) | 41,961 (42) | 23,128 (56) | 16,047 (66) | 18,052 (49) | 10,655 (40) |
| Abnormal Vital Signs upon ED Discharge | |||||
| No (n, %) | 84,181 (88) | 35,136 (88) | 20,076 (87) | 28,705 (83) | 22,386 (88) |
| Yes (n, %) | 11,166 (12) | 4723 (12) | 2950 (13) | 5835 (17) | 2951 (12) |
| PCP Assigned | |||||
| No (n, %) | 77,247 (78) | 13,359 (32) | 9409 (39) | 16,923 (46) | 16,028 (61) |
| Yes (n, %) | 21,779 (22) | 28,068 (68) | 14,870 (61) | 19,593 (54) | 10,351 (39) |