TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics associated with caregiver hesitancy to seek emergency care for their child stratified by child opportunity index

	N	Proportion of caregivers hesitant to seek emergency care for their child ^a
		Overall		Low COI (n = 1305)		Moderate COI (n = 704)		High COI (n = 1851)
		Prop	95% CI	Prop	95% CI	Prop	95% CI	Prop	95% CI
	3896	0.23	0.21, 0.24	0.27	0.25, 0.30	0.23	0.20, 0.26	0.19	0.17, 0.21
Child race/ethnicity
White, non‐Latinx	1883	0.17	0.16, 0.19	0.18	0.13, 0.24	0.17	0.13, 0.21	0.17	0.15, 0.19
Latinx	1238	0.29	0.25, 0.30	0.29	0.26, 0.32	0.29	0.24, 0.35	0.23	0.18, 0.28
Black/African American, non‐Latinx	344	0.29	0.24, 0.34	0.29	0.24, 0.35	0.30	0.19, 0.43	0.28	0.17, 0.42
Other races and multiple races, non‐Latinx	262	0.18	0.14, 0.23	0.21	0.13, 0.32	0.28	0.18, 0.40	0.12	0.07, 0.19
Asian, non‐Latinx	169	0.37	0.30, 0.45	0.39	0.24, 0.55	0.34	0.20, 0.53	0.38	0.29, 0.47
Child age group (years)
<3	929	0.19	0.17, 0.22	0.23	0.19, 0.28	0.19	0.13, 0.25	0.17	0.13, 0.20
3–5	828	0.24	0.21, 0.27	0.28	0.23, 0.33	0.28	0.22, 0.35	0.19	0.15, 0.23
6–11	1123	0.24	0.22, 0.27	0.28	0.24, 0.33	0.23	0.18, 0.29	0.22	0.19, 0.26
12–17	1016	0.23	0.20, 0.25	0.30	0.25, 0.35	0.23	0.17, 0.29	0.18	0.15, 0.21
Caregiver age group (years)
18–30	531	0.29	0.25, 0.33	0.31	0.26, 0.36	0.37	0.28, 0.47	0.18	0.12, 0.26
31–40	1893	0.22	0.21, 0.24	0.26	0.23, 0.30	0.21	0.17, 0.26	0.20	0.17, 0.23
41–50	1197	0.21	0.19, 0.23	0.27	0.22, 0.32	0.19	0.14, 0.25	0.19	0.16, 0.22
51+	265	0.17	0.13, 0.22	0.20	0.11, 0.33	0.23	0.13, 0.37	0.15	0.10, 0.21
Caregiver preferred language
English	3557	0.21	0.20, 0.23	0.26	0.23, 0.28	0.21	0.18, 0.24	0.19	0.17, 0.21
Spanish	285	0.36	0.30, 0.41	0.35	0.29, 0.42	0.47	0.33, 0.63	0.24	0.11, 0.44
Other	54	0.37	0.25, 0.51	0.30	0.16, 0.48	0.43	0.21, 0.68	0.50	0.22, 0.78
Caregiver report of child's health insurance coverage at the time of survey
Private	2330	0.17	0.15, 0.18	0.16	0.13, 0.21	0.15	0.12, 0.19	0.18	0.16, 0.19
Public	1539	0.31	0.29, 0.34	0.32	0.29, 0.35	0.35	0.30, 0.41	0.26	0.21, 0.31
Other/uninsured/no response	27	0.19	0.08, 0.38	0.17	0.05, 0.41	0.14	0.02, 0.58	0.50	0.06, 0.94
Family address in a zip code with COVID positivity rate >75th percentile for metropolitan Chicago
Yes	868	0.28	0.25, 0.31	0.29	0.25, 0.32	0.25	0.18, 0.33	0.23	0.13, 0.37
No	3009	0.21	0.20, 0.23	0.26	0.22, 0.29	0.23	0.20, 0.27	0.19	0.17, 0.21
Child had a visit to Lurie Children's canceled or rescheduled, March 16–April 22, 2020
Yes	2792	0.24	0.22, 0.25	0.29	0.26, 0.32	0.24	0.20, 0.27	0.20	0.18, 0.22
No	1104	0.20	0.18, 0.22	0.24	0.20, 0.28	0.22	0.17, 0.28	0.16	0.13, 0.20
Child had a Lurie Children's ED Visit, March 16–April 22, 2020
Yes	289	0.10	0.07, 0.14	0.11	0.27, 0.32	0.13	0.06, 0.24	0.06	0.02, 0.13
No	3607	0.24	0.22, 0.25	0.29	0.07, 0.17	0.24	0.21, 0.27	0.20	0.18, 0.22
Caregiver preferred method for evaluation if child had sore throat
In‐person visit	1981	0.20	0.23, 0.27	0.24	0.21, 0.27	0.24	0.20, 0.29	0.16	0.13, 0.18
Telemedicine visit	1915	0.25	0.18, 0.22	0.32	0.28, 0.35	0.22	0.18, 0.26	0.22	0.19, 0.27
Caregiver preferred method for evaluation if child had head injury
In‐person visit	3571	0.21	0.20, 0.22	0.26	0.23, 0.28	0.21	0.18, 0.24	0.18	0.16, 0.20
Telemedicine visit	325	0.39	0.34, 0.45	0.42	0.34, 0.51	0.46	0.34, 0.59	0.34	0.27, 0.42

Abbreviations: COI, Child Opportunity Index; Prop, proportion.

^{^a}

Caregivers were considered hesitant to seek ED care if unlikely was selected in response to the following question: “Assume the healthcare facility is following all current guidelines to reduce the spread of the COVID‐19 virus. How likely is it that you would bring your child for an ER visit in person TODAY if they needed it?”

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