Table 3.
Comparison of the 2020 and 2019 mean weekly composition mix of the socioeconomic factors for the emergency department service in the post-COVID-19 period
Emergency Socioeconomic Factors | 2020 |
2019 |
P Value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean % | SD | Mean % | SD | ||
Age (y) | |||||
<18 | 4.62 | 1.47 | 7.72 | 0.52 | <.0001∗ |
18-39 | 19.75 | 2.61 | 21.66 | 0.58 | .0230∗ |
40-59 | 26.91 | 2.10 | 24.41 | 0.82 | .0011∗ |
60-79 | 30.29 | 2.73 | 27.47 | 0.77 | .0031∗ |
≥80 | 18.44 | 1.86 | 18.75 | 0.74 | .5843 |
Total | 100 | 100 | |||
Sex | |||||
Male | 48.36 | 2.74 | 43.30 | 0.57 | <.0001∗ |
Female | 51.64 | 2.73 | 56.69 | 0.57 | <.0001∗ |
Total | 100 | 100 | |||
Race | |||||
Asian | 6.84 | 0.70 | 6.60 | 0.26 | .2557 |
Black | 18.73 | 1.10 | 18.93 | 0.56 | .5731 |
Other | 21.92 | 2.36 | 19.28 | 0.51 | .0017∗ |
Unknown | 4.03 | 0.79 | 3.70 | 0.24 | .1568 |
White | 48.48 | 3.98 | 51.49 | 0.87 | .0192∗ |
Total | 100 | 100 | |||
Insurance | |||||
Commercial | 30.69 | 1.61 | 32.10 | 0.57 | .0094∗ |
Medicaid | 20.30 | 1.20 | 20.69 | 0.69 | .3308 |
Medicare | 38.91 | 2.25 | 37.58 | 0.77 | .0542 |
Uninsured | 10.09 | 0.85 | 9.63 | 0.79 | .1678 |
Total | 100 | 100 | |||
Income ($) | |||||
<60,000 | 13.40 | 1.70 | 11.95 | 0.41 | .0099∗ |
60,000-79,999 | 28.62 | 1.32 | 27.96 | 0.81 | .1358 |
80,000-119,999 | 39.36 | 1.28 | 41.02 | 0.79 | .0007∗ |
120,000-149,999 | 14.94 | 1.06 | 15.41 | 0.52 | .1656 |
≥15,000 | 3.67 | 0.34 | 3.66 | 0.27 | .9073 |
Total | 100 | 100 |
COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.
P < .05.