Table 1:
Sample demographics and visit characteristics
| Population | Study Sample | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| w/ Triggers | w/o Triggers | w/ Triggers | w/o Triggers | |
| Patient demographics(1) | ||||
| Sample size | 44,138 | 9,190 | 1,726 | 60 |
| % Female | 46.76% | 43.4% | 46.8% | 45.0% |
| Median age (IQR) | 46.9 (30.5 – 61.4) | 32.0 (24.5 – 46.5) | 52.1 (32.0 – 65.4) | 30.2 (22.9 – 43.4) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Black | 53.1% | 70.1% | 54.5% | 67.8% |
| White | 45.3% | 28.3% | 44.2% | 30.5% |
| Other | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.7% |
| Visit characteristics(2) | N=76,264 | N=15,942 | N=1726 | N=60 |
| Visit acuity | ||||
| 1- Resuscitation | 2.07% | 0.25% | 8.1% | 0% |
| 2- Emergent | 33.6% | 12.5% | 42.0% | 10.2% |
| 3- Urgent | 53.6% | 45.3% | 44.5% | 62.7% |
| 4- Semi-Urgent | 10.1% | 39.9% | 5.3% | 27.1% |
| 5- Non-urgent | 0.61% | 1.97% | 0.18% | 0% |
| Disposition | ||||
| Discharged | 59.7% | 85.5% | 43.1% | 76.7% |
| Admitted | 38.0% | 13.8% | 51.2% | 21.7% |
| Transferred | 1.21% | 0.03% | 1.9% | ~0% |
| Expired | 0.32% | ~0% | 2.7% | ~0% |
| AMA | 0.76% | 0.66% | 1.0% | 1.7% |
| Other | 0.03% | 0.02% | ~0% | ~0% |
(1)
Patient characteristics: Distinct patients. If a patient has multiple encounters, age is age at first encounter.
(2)
Visit characteristics: Visits during 10/1/2014 – 10/31/2015. AMA – left against medical advice