Table 1.
Comparing 2019 to 2020 for ED visits.
| Variable | Response | Total |
African American |
Non-African American |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 (N= 264) | 2020 (N= 121) | p-value | 2019 (N= 154) | 2020 (N= 70) | p-value | 2019 (N= 102) | 2020 (N= 43) | p-value | ||
| Age | N Mean ± Std Dev | 264 63.6 ± 16.0 | 121 65.1 ± 14.3 | 0.558 | 154 62.3 ± 14.1 | 70 62.1 ± 13.1 | 0.860 | 102 65.2 ± 18.4 | 43 70.9 ± 13.3 | 0.192 |
| Gender | Female | 129 (49%) | 54 (45%) | 0.444 | 80 (52%) | 31 (44%) | 0.315 | 44 (43%) | 18 (42%) | >.99 |
| Male | 135 (51%) | 67 (55%) | 74 (48%) | 39 (56%) | 58 (57%) | 25 (58%) | ||||
| Race | African American | 154 (58%) | 70 (58%) | 0.133 | ||||||
| Caucasian | 87 (33%) | 41 (34%) | ||||||||
| Other | 15 (6%) | 2 (2%) | ||||||||
| Unknown | 8 (3%) | 8 (6%) | ||||||||
| African American | Yes | 154 (60%) | 70 (62%) | 0.817 | ||||||
| No | 102 (40%) | 43 (38%) | ||||||||
| Hospital | HFHMC | 214 (81%) | 89 (74%) | 0.108 | 139 (90%) | 63 (90%) | >.99 | 67 (66%) | 19 (44%) | 0.026 |
| WBH | 50 (19%) | 32 (26%) | 15 (10%) | 7 (10%) | 35 (34%) | 24 (56%) | ||||
| NIHSS at Admission | N Median (IQR) | 244 2 (1,6) | 109 5 (1, 9) | 0.012 | 143 3 (1, 6) | 60 5 (2, 9) | 0.004 | 95 2 (1, 7) | 41 4 (1, 8) | 0.631 |
| Time Since Last Known Well to arrival (Hours) | N Median (IQR) | 230 4.8 (1.4, 12.3) | 105 9.4 (2.0, 21.2) | 0.031 | 142 5.2 (1.6, 12.8) | 59 10.4 (2, 21.7) | 0.038 | 80 4.4 (1.2, 12.3) | 38 4.6 (1.6, 28.7) | 0.466 |
| Time from Arrival to Stroke Team Activation (Minutes) | N Median (IQR) | 120 15 (10, 25) | 38 10 (6, 19) | 0.0061 | 80 15 (10, 25.5) | 21 10 (7, 19) | 0.035 | 35 15 (10, 23) | 11 9 (6, 24) | 0.308 |
| Time from Arrival to Initial Brain Imaging (Minutes) | N Median (IQR) | 224 35 (24, 62) | 110 26 (17, 101) | 0.0422 | 144 35 (24, 64.5) | 67 35 (18, 124) | 0.266 | 73 33 (24, 61) | 35 24 (15, 97) | 0.281 |
| Time from Arrival to Discharge (Hours) (Just patients discharged from ED) | N Median (IQR) | 42 6.9 (4.7, 9) | 15 5 (3.1, 9.7) | 0.244 | 25 7.7 (5, 9.2) | 8 7.4 (2.7, 12.1) | 0.677 | 15 5.6 (3.0, 8.4) | 3 5.1 (4.8, 6.8) | >.99 |
| ED Disposition | Left AMA/LWCS | 4 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0.448 | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.639 | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.488 |
| Admit | 217 (82%) | 106 (88%) | 126 (82%) | 62 (89%) | 86 (84%) | 40 (93%) | ||||
| Discharge | 42 (16%) | 15 (12%) | 25 (16%) | 8 (11%) | 15 (15%) | 3 (7%) | ||||
| Transfer to Another Facility | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | ||||||
| Final Diagnosis | ICH/SAH | 23 (9%) | 17 (14%) | <.001 | 11 (7%) | 15 (21%) | <.001 | 11 (11%) | 2 (5%) | 0.065 |
| AIS/TIA | 144 (55%) | 83 (69%) | 80 (52%) | 46 (66%) | 65 (64%) | 36 (84%) | ||||
| Stroke Mimic | 96 (37%) | 21 (17%) | 63 (41%) | 9 (13%) | 26 (25%) | 5 (12%) | ||||
| Discharge Disposition | Left AMA/LWCS | 7 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 0.390 | 4 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 0.498 | 2 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0.616 |
| Acute Care Facility | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | ||||
| Expired | 9 (3%) | 8 (7%) | 4 (3%) | 3 (4%) | 3 (3%) | 4 (9%) | ||||
| Home | 175 (66%) | 71 (59%) | 103 (67%) | 38 (54%) | 69 (68%) | 27 (63%) | ||||
| Hospice | 5 (2%) | 4 (3%) | 3 (2%) | 3 (4%) | 2 (2%) | 1 (2%) | ||||
| Nursing Home | 44 (17%) | 23 (19%) | 24 (16%) | 15 (21%) | 19 (19%) | 7 (16%) | ||||
| Rehab | 21 (8%) | 14 (12%) | 14 (9%) | 10 (14%) | 6 (6%) | 4 (9%) | ||||
| Transfer to Another Hospital | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | ||||
1
p =0.026 after adjusting for age, sex, race and hospital.
2
p =0.676 after adjusting for age, sex, race and hospital.