Table 3.
Comparison of April 2019 and 2020 patient characteristics
| Patient characteristics | April 2019 (n=7398)* | April 2020 (n=4997)* | 2019 to 2020 patient volume absolute change (%) | 2019 to 2020 proportional change (%)† | P value for proportional change‡ |
| Age, mean (SD), years | 59.6 (22.5) | 59.1 (22.6) | .254 | ||
| Adult (18 to 64), no. (%) | 3857 (52.1) | 2652 (53.1) | −31.2 | 0.9 | 0.575 |
| Elderly (65 to 79), no. (%) | 1793 (24.2) | 1195 (23.9) | −33.4 | −0.3 | |
| Very elderly (80+), No. (%) | 1748 (23.6) | 1150 (23.0) | −34.2 | −0.6 | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male, no. (%) | 4051 (54.8) | 2845 (57.0) | −29.8 | 2.2 | 0.016 |
| Race | |||||
| White, no. (%) | 5678 (78.8) | 3807 (78.6) | −33.0 | −0.2 | 0.921 |
| Black, no. (%) | 755 (10.5) | 509 (10.5) | −32.6 | 0.0 | |
| Other, no. (%) | 770 (10.7) | 529 (10.9) | −31.3 | 0.2 | |
| Payor | |||||
| Medicare, no. (%) | 3177 (42.9) | 2087 (41.8) | −34.3 | −1.2 | 0.193 |
| Medicaid, no. (%) | 633 (8.6) | 405 (8.1) | −36 | −0.5 | 0.373 |
| Other government, no. (%) | 171 (2.3) | 141 (2.8) | −17.5 | 0.5 | 0.075 |
| Private, no. (%) | 2077 (28.1) | 1317 (26.4) | −36.6 | −1.7 | 0.035 |
| Self-pay, no. (%) | 1166 (15.8) | 928 (18.6) | −20.4 | 2.8 | <0.001 |
| Other, no. (%) | 156 (2.1) | 74 (1.5) | −52.6 | −0.6 | 0.011 |
*Categorical data may not equal the total number of patients due to missing demographic information.
†Proportional change and absolute change calculated only for categorical variables.
‡P value test used: Kruskal-Wallis H test for continuous variables, Pearson’s χ2 test for category proportion comparisons.