Table 1.
Demographic Information, Hospital Charges, Mechanism of Injury, and Hospital Characteristics for Pediatric Patients Suffering Traumatic Upper Extremity Amputation From 1997 to 2012.
| Variable | National estimate (n = 6130) | % |
|---|---|---|
| Age (mean), years (SD) | 12.11 (0.11) | |
| Mean charge, dollars (SD) | 28 961.72 (945.36) | |
| Median, dollars | 14 635.50 | |
| Estimated total charge, dollars | 166 161 910.54 | |
| Race | ||
| White | 2734 | 56.22 |
| Black | 609 | 12.53 |
| Hispanic | 1105 | 22.73 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 87 | 1.78 |
| Native American | 54 | 1.11 |
| Other | 273 | 5.62 |
| Sex (Female) | 1372 | 22.67 |
| Primary payment | ||
| Medicare | 9 | 0.15 |
| Medicaid | 1595 | 26.13 |
| Private, including health maintenance organization | 2809 | 46.04 |
| Self-pay | 621 | 10.18 |
| No charge | 28 | 0.45 |
| Other payment | 1040 | 17.05 |
| Mechanism of injury | ||
| Lawn mower/machinery | 729 | 11.89 |
| Caught between objects | 640 | 10.44 |
| Power tools/other cutting instruments | 557 | 9.08 |
| Motor vehicle accident | 294 | 4.79 |
| Explosives, fireworks, firearms | 142 | 2.32 |
| Struck accidentally by falling object | 109 | 1.78 |
| Striking against or struck accidentally by objects or persons | 99 | 1.61 |
| Bicycle | 46 | 0.75 |
| Other | 688 | 11.23 |
| Unspecified | 2826 | 46.11 |
| Bed size of hospital | ||
| Small | 377 | 7.73 |
| Medium | 972 | 19.94 |
| Large | 3523 | 72.33 |
| Ownership of hospital | ||
| Government/private collapsed category | 3326 | 79.55 |
| Government, nonfederal, public | 106 | 2.53 |
| Private, nonprofit, voluntary | 437 | 10.46 |
| Private, invest-own | 204 | 4.89 |
| Private, collapsed category | 107 | 2.57 |
| Hospital location setting | ||
| Rural | 303 | 7.25 |
| Urban | 3879 | 92.75 |
| Location/teaching status of hospital | ||
| Rural | 328 | 6.74 |
| Urban, nonteaching | 974 | 19.99 |
| Urban, teaching | 3569 | 73.27 |
| Region of hospital | ||
| Northeast | 898 | 18.13 |
| Midwest | 980 | 19.78 |
| South | 1799 | 36.33 |
| West | 1276 | 25.76 |
| Teaching status of hospital | ||
| Nonteaching | 1123 | 26.86 |
| Teaching | 3058 | 73.14 |