Table 1.
Demographics and COVID-19-Related Symptoms at Patient Arrival
| Demographics | Count | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | 125 | 46.5 |
| Race | Black | 14 | 5.4 |
| White | 163 | 62.5 | |
| Ethnicity-Hispanic | 91 | 34.0 | |
| Preferred language | English | 185 | 69.0 |
| Spanish | 74 | 27.6 | |
| Insurance | Private/self-pay | 114 | 40.7 |
| Medicare/Medicaid (govt) | 152 | 54.3 | |
| Admission source | Home | 211 | 75.4 |
| Nursing home | 27 | 10.1 | |
| Hospital admitted to | Urban/suburban (GSH, YH) | 154 | 55.0 |
| Rural (CH, WH, GH, ECH) | 126 | 45.0 | |
| Symptoms | SOB dyspnea | 212 | 75.7 |
| Cough | 205 | 73.2 | |
| Fever | 199 | 71.1 | |
| Fatigue/malaise/tired | 172 | 61.4 | |
| Chills | 120 | 42.9 | |
| Muscle pain | 76 | 27.1 | |
| Diarrhea | 71 | 25.4 | |
| Headache | 45 | 16.1 | |
| New loss of taste (ageusia) or smell (anosmia) | 24 | 8.6 | |
| Sore throat | 21 | 7.5 |
Abbreviations: CH, Chambersburg Hospital; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ECH, Ephrata Community Hospital; GH, ;Gettysburg Hospital GSH, Good Samaritan Hospital; SOB, Shortness of breath; WH, Waynesboro Hospital; YH, York Hospital.