Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics of Emergency Department Patient Experience of Care Discharged to Community Survey Respondents, by Race/Ethnicity of Patients (N=3122)
| Overall | White | Hispanic | Black | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total respondents | 3122 (100.0%) | 2022 (64.8%) | 323 (10.3%) | 372 (11.9%) | |
| Survey mode | *** | ||||
| Mail only | 901 (28.9%) | 680 (33.6%) | 75 (23.2%) | 72 (19.4%) | |
| Telephone only | 1126 (36.1%) | 653 (32.3%) | 128 (39.6%) | 162 (43.5%) | |
| Mixed mode | 1095 (35.1%) | 689 (34.1%) | 120 (37.2%) | 138 (37.1%) | |
| Age | *** | ||||
| 18–34 | 781 (25.0%) | 401 (19.8%) | 143 (44.3%) | 128 (34.4%) | |
| 35–54 | 811 (26.0%) | 464 (22.9%) | 98 (30.3%) | 123 (33.1%) | |
| 55–74 | 983 (31.5%) | 714 (35.3%) | 52 (16.1%) | 91 (24.5%) | |
| 75 + | 533 (17.1%) | 432 (21.4%) | 28 (8.7%) | 30 (8.1%) | |
| Unknown | 14 (0.4%) | 11 (0.5%) | 2 (0.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 1926 (61.7%) | 1231 (60.9%) | 203 (62.8%) | 238 (64.0%) | |
| Male | 1196 (38.3%) | 791 (39.1%) | 120 (37.2%) | 134 (36.0%) | |
| What is the highest grade or level of school that you have completed? (Q37) | *** | ||||
| 8th grade or less | 112 (3.6%) | 56 (2.8%) | 27 (8.4%) | 9 (2.4%) | |
| Some high school | 274 (8.8%) | 142 (7.0%) | 35 (10.8%) | 60 (16.1%) | |
| High school or GED | 956 (30.6%) | 592 (29.3%) | 123 (38.1%) | 136 (36.6%) | |
| Some college or 2-year degree | 984 (31.5%) | 665 (32.9%) | 102 (31.6%) | 126 (33.9%) | |
| 4-year college graduate | 357 (11.4%) | 271 (13.4%) | 16 (5.0%) | 25 (6.7%) | |
| More than 4-year college degree | 344 (11.0%) | 280 (13.8%) | 15 (4.6%) | 13 (3.5%) | |
| Unknown | 95 (3.0%) | 16 (0.8%) | 5 (1.5%) | 3 (0.8%) | |
| What language do you mainly speak at home? (Q40) | *** | ||||
| English | 2845 (91.1%) | 1987 (98.3%) | 200 (61.9%) | 362 (97.3%) | |
| Spanish | 109 (3.5%) | 1 (0.0%) | 105 (32.5%) | 1 (0.3%) | |
| Other | 69 (2.2%) | 23 (1.1%) | 4 (1.2%) | 7 (1.9%) | |
| Unknown | 99 (3.2%) | 11 (0.5%) | 14 (4.3%) | 2 (0.5%) | |
| Did someone help you complete this survey? (Q41) | * | ||||
| No | 2941 (94.2%) | 1908 (94.4%) | 297 (92.0%) | 359 (96.5%) | |
| Yes | 154 (4.9%) | 109 (5.4%) | 25 (7.7%) | 12 (3.2%) | |
| Unknown | 27 (0.9%) | 5 (0.2%) | 1 (0.3%) | 1 (0.3%) | |
| Patient geocoded rural-urban commuting area (RUCA) codes | *** | ||||
| Metropolitan (RUCA: 1–3) | 2631 (84.3%) | 1630 (80.6%) | 310 (96.0%) | 347 (93.3%) | |
| Micropolitan (RUCA: 4–6) | 312 (10.0%) | 244 (12.1%) | 6 (1.9%) | 18 (4.8%) | |
| Small town (RUCA: 7–9) | 75 (2.4%) | 56 (2.8%) | 4 (1.2%) | 6 (1.6%) | |
| Rural (RUCA: 10) | 102 (3.3%) | 91 (4.5%) | 2 (0.6%) | 1 (0.3%) | |
| Unknown | 2 (0.1%) | 1 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Notes: Significance was calculated using chi-square tests to determine differences in the distributions between White, Hispanic, and Black of non-missing/known responses categories; overall column includes all patients including those in the “Other” category
*0.01 ≦ p < 0.05
**0.001 ≦ p < 0.01
***p < 0.001