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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Board Fam Med. 2020 Jan-Feb;33(1):91–105. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.01.190143

Table 3:

Emergency Department Encounters, In-Patient Stays, Out-Patient Visits, Emergency Department Reliance and Co-Management for North Carolina Medicaid Enrolled 12 months and aged 1− 65+ (Sample=2045)

Total ED Encounters Within 7-day Re-Encounters Within 14-day Re-Encounters Within 30-day Re-Encounters

Age Participants n (%) Encounters n (mean) Median (IQR) Participants n (%) Encounters n (mean) Median (IQR) Participants n (%) Encounters n (mean) Median (IQR) Participants n (%) Encounters n (mean) Median (IQR)
1-9 (n=499) 348 (69.74) 930 (1.86) 1 (0, 3) 75 (15.03) 102 (0.20) 0 (0, 0) 96 (19.24) 146 (0.29) 0 (0, 0) 114 (22.85) 220 (0.44) 0 (0, 0)
10-17 (n=436) 268 (61.47) 643 (1.47) 1 (0, 2) 47 (10.78) 61 (0.14) 0 (0, 0) 60 (13.76) 84 (0.19) 0 (0, 0) 74 (16.97) 128 (0.29) 0 (0, 0)
18-30 (n=537) 423 (78.77) 2801 (5.22) 2 (1, 6) 166 (30.91) 934 (1.74) 0 (0, 1) 189 (35.20) 1253 (2.33) 0 (0, 1) 229 (42.64) 1663 (3.10) 0 (0, 2)
31-45 (n=347) 258 (74.35) 1804 (5.20) 2 (0, 4) 84 (20.49) 703 (2.03) 0 (0, 0) 105 (30.36) 914 (2.63) 0 (0, 1) 125 (36.02) 1176 (3.39) 0 (0, 2)
46-64 (n=194) 132 (68.04) 607 (3.13) 1 (0, 4) 37 (19.07) 148 (0.76) 0 (0, 0) 44 (22.68) 209 (1.08) 0 (0, 0) 55 (28.35) 297 (1.53) 0 (0, 1)
65+ (n=32) 22 (68.75) 49 (1.53) 1 (0, 2) 1 (3.13) 1 (0.03) 0 (0, 0) 2 (6.25) 2 (0.06) 0 (0, 0) 6 (18.75) 9 (0.28) 0 (0, 0)
All (n=2045) 1451 (70.95) 6834 (3.34) 1 (0, 4) 410 (20.05) 1949 (0.94) 0 (0, 0) 496 (24.25) 2608 (1.28) 0 (0, 0) 603 (29.49) 3493 (1.71) 0 (0, 1)
Total IP Hospitalizations Within 7-day Re-hospitalization Within 14-day Re-hospitalization Within 30-day Re-hospitalization

Age Participants n (%) Stays n (mean) Median (IQR) Participants n (%) Stays n (mean) Median (IQR) Participants n (%) Stays n (mean) Median (IQR) Participants n (%) Stays n (mean) Median (IQR)

1-9 (n=499) 176 (35.27) 312 (0.63) 0 (0, 1) 13 (2.61) 13 (0.03) 0 (0, 0) 16 (3.21) 20 (0.04) 0 (0, 0) 26 (5.21) 43 (0.09) 0 (0, 0)
10-17 (n=436) 133 (30.50) 324 (0.74) 0 (0, 1) 10 (2.29) 10 (0.02) 0 (0, 0) 20 (4.59) 25 (0.06) 0 (0, 0) 30 (6.88) 56 (0.13) 0 (0, 0)
18-30 (n=537) 318 (59.22) 1211 (2.26) 1 (0, 2) 45 (8.38) 84 (0.16) 0 (0, 0) 73 (13.59) 234 (0.44) 0 (0, 0) 100 (18.62) 479 (0.89) 0 (0, 0)
31-45 (n=347) 184 (53.03) 618 (1.78) 1 (0, 2) 22 (6.34) 34 (0.10) 0 (0, 0) 32 (9.22) 81 (0.23) 0 (0, 0) 46 (13.26) 208 (0.60) 0 (0, 0)
46-64 (n=194) 88 (45.36) 225 (1.16) 0 (0, 1) 4 (2.06) 7 (0.04) 0 (0, 0) 9 (4.64) 22 (0.11) 0 (0, 0) 17 (8.76) 55 (0.28) 0 (0, 0)
65+ (n=32) 17 (53.13) 19 (0.59) 1 (0, 1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0, 0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0, 0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0, 0)
All (n=2045) 916 (44.79) 2709 (1.32) 0 (0, 1) 94 (4.60) 148 (0.07) 0 (0, 0) 150 (7.33) 382 (0.19) 0 (0, 0) 219 (10.71) 841 (0.41) 0 (0, 0)
Total Outpatient Visits PCP Visits Hematology Specialty Visits Non-Hematology Specialty Visits

Age Participants n (%) Visits n (mean) Median (IQR) Participants n (%) Visits n (mean) Median (IQR) Participants, n (%) Visits n (mean) Median (IQR) Participants n (%) Visits n (mean) Median (IQR)

1-9 (n=499) 486 (97.39) 4044 (8.10) 6 (4, 11) 437 (87.58) 1853 (3.71) 3 (1, 5) 257 (51.50) 761 (1.53) 1 (0, 2) 345 (69.14) 1430 (2.87) 2 (0, 4)
10-17 (n=436) 410 (94.04) 3299 (7.57) 5 (3, 9) 344 (78.90) 1101 (2.53) 2 (1, 3) 209 (47.94) 667 (1.53) 0 (0, 2) 329 (75.46) 1531 (3.51) 2 (1, 4)
18-30 (n=537) 482 (89.76) 4174 (7.77) 6 (2, 11) 332 (61.82) 1226 (2.28) 1 (0, 3) 214 (39.85) 668 (1.24) 0 (0, 2) 406 (75.61) 2280 (4.25) 2 (1, 6)
31-45 (n=347) 319 (91.93) 3708 (10.69) 8 (4, 16) 254 (73.20) 1214 (3.50) 2 (0, 5) 134 (38.62) 459 (1.32) 0 (0, 1) 271 (78.10) 2035 (5.86) 3 (1, 8)
46-64 (n=194) 180 (92.78) 2286 (11.78) 9 (4, 17) 140 (72.16) 716 (3.69) 2 (0, 5) 72 (37.11) 222 (1.14) 0 (0, 1) 162 (83.51) 1348 (6.95) 4 (2, 10)
65+ (n=32) 30 (93.75) 359 (11.22) 9 (4.5,14) 26 (81.25) 141 (4.41) 4 (1.5, 6) 6 (18.75) 15 (0.47) 0 (0, 0) 27 (84.38) 203 (6.34) 4.5 (1, 8)
All (n=2045) 1907 (93.25) 17870 (8.74) 7 (3, 12) 1533 (74.96) 6251 (3.06) 2 (0, 4) 892 (43.62) 2792 (1.37) 0 (0, 2) 1540 (75.31) 8827 (4.32) 2 (1, 6)
ED Reliance Score Co-management

Age % of sample with EDR ≥ 0.33 Mean (sd) n (Row %)

1-9 (n=499) 21.84 0.19 (0.21) 224 (44.88)
10-17 (n=436) 23.17 0.19 (0.24) 171 (39.22)
18-30 (n=537) 44.69 0.35 (0.31) 153 (28.49)
31-45 (n=347) 34.01 0.27 (0.28) 105 (30.26)
46-64 (n=194) 24.23 0.20 (0.25) 53 (27.32)
65+ (n=32) 12.50 0.14 (0.20) 6 (18.75)
All (n=2045) 30.27 0.25 (0.27) 712 (34.82)

PCP= Primary Care Physcian, ED= Emergency Department, EDR= Emergency Department Reliance