Table 2.

Multivariable Association Between ED Visit Characteristics and New York University ED Classification of Final Primary Diagnosis (N = 241,167)

Characteristics	Primary care-treatable (Nonemergent & Emergent Primary care-treatable), b % (95% CI)	Nonemergent Primary care-treatable Only, b % (95% CI)
Health insurance type
Private	Reference	Reference
Medicare	−1.4 (−2.0 to −0.7)	−1.1 (−1.8 to −0.4)
Medicaid	1.7 (1.2 to 2.2.)	0.8 (0.2 to 1.4)
Self-pay/uninsured	2.4 (1.9 to 3.0)	2.5 (1.9 to 3.2)
Other	2.5 (1.7 to 3.3)	4.1 (3.2 to 5.0)
Arrival time
Business hours	Reference	Reference
Weekend evenings	0.1 (−0.4 to 0.5)	−0.3 (−0.8 to 0.2)
Nights	−2.7 (−3.3 to −2.2)	−2.6 (−3.2 to −2.0)
Weekends	1.5 (1.0 to 2.0)	0.9 (0.4 to 1.4)
Age, yr
0–9	4.9 (4.3 to 5.5)	−1.7 (−2.3 to −1.0)
10–19	0.4 (−0.3 to 1.0)	−0.2 (−1.1 to 0.7)
20–29	Reference	Reference
30–39	−2.3 (−2.9 to −1.7)	−0.6 (−1.3 to 0.1)
40–49	−6.7 (−7.3 to −6.0)	−3.4 (−4.1 to −2.7)
50–59	−11.4 (−12.0- to −10.7)	−8.2 (−9.0 to −7.3)
60–69	−17.4 (−18.3 to −16.5)	−13.2 (−14.3 to −12.1)
≥ 70	−21.8 (−22.6 to −20.9)	−15.1 (−16.1 to −14.2)
Male sex (vs. female)	−2.6 (−3.1 to −2.2)	−2.8 (−3.1 to −2.4)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	Reference	Reference
Non-Hispanic black	0.5 (0.0 to 0.9)	0.3 (−0.2 to 0.8)
Hispanic	0.1 (−0.5 to 0.7)	−1.0 (−1.7 to −0.3)
Other	0.5 (−0.7 to .17)	0.0 (−1.2 to 1.2)
Region
Northeast	Reference	Reference
Midwest	0.4 (−0.5 to 1.3)	0.3 (−0.6 to 1.1)
South	1.6 (0.8 to 2.5)	0.8 (−0.1 to 1.7)
West	0.3 (−0.5 to 1.2)	−0.5 (−1.4 to 0.4)
Nonurban (vs. urban)	2.1 (1.2 to 2.9)	1.5 (0.6 to 2.4)
Year	0.2 (0.1 to 0.3)	0.1 (0.01 to 0.2)