TABLE 1.
Characteristics of Pediatric Mental Health and Non–Mental Health Visits by Prolonged ED LOS (2005–2015)
| Mental Health Visits | Non–Mental Health Visits | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, n | LOS >6, n (%) | LOS >12, n (%) | Total, n | LOS >6, n (%) | LOS >12, n (%) | |
| All visits | 7 277 997 | 1 539 414 | 561 278 | 142 697 482 | 6 793 349 | 1 718 164 |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||||
| White non-Hispanic | 4 427 845 | 866 872 (56.3) | 241 163 (43.0) | 77 358 245 | 3 183 556 (46.9) | 762 815 (44.4) |
| Black non-Hispanic | 1 430 509 | 306 981 (19.9) | N/R | 33 046 369 | 1 686 758 (24.8) | N/R |
| Hispanic | 1 224 556 | 322 639 (21.0) | 199 329 (35.5) | 27 660 569 | 1 744 265 (25.7) | 465 041 (27.1) |
| Other | 195 087 | N/R | N/R | 4 632 299 | N/R | N/R |
| Payer type | ||||||
| Private | 3 340 180 | 752 729 (48.9) | 283 633 (50.5) | 64 752 748 | 2 748 806 (40.5) | 780 518 (45.4) |
| Public | 2 515 057 | 476 346 (30.9) | 119 393 (21.3) | 52 952 825 | 2 518 046 (37.1) | 502 109 (29.2) |
| Other | 1 422 760 | 310 339 (20.2) | N/R | 24 991 909 | 1 526 497 (22.5) | N/R |
| Type of diagnoses | ||||||
| Mental and physical health | 4 539 151 | 949 135 (61.7) | 325 998 (58.1) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mental health only | 2 738 846 | 590 279 (38.3) | 235 280 (41.9) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Age, y | ||||||
| 6–12 | 1 695 010 | 271 709 (17.7) | N/R | 78 217 056 | 3 329 969 (49.0) | N/R |
| 13–17 | 5 582 987 | 1 267 705 (82.3) | 461 318 (82.2) | 64 480 426 | 3 463 380 (51.0) | 838 028 (48.8) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 3 779 689 | 806 413 (52.4) | 250 433 (44.6) | 69 791 871 | 3 609 860 (53.1) | 845 648 (49.2) |
| Male | 3 498 308 | 733 001 (47.6) | 310 845 (55.4) | 72 905 611 | 3 183 489 (46.9) | 872 516 (50.8) |
| School month | ||||||
| No | 1 062 387 | 225 124 (14.6) | N/R | 22 420 533 | 1 071 082 (15.8) | N/R |
| Yes | 6 215 610 | 1 314 290 (85.4) | 462 045 (82.3) | 120 276 949 | 5 722 267 (84.2) | 1 410 754 (82.1) |
All results represent weighted estimates. N/A, not applicable to visit sample; N/R, not reportable because of unreliable survey-weighted estimates (<30 unweighted observations or relative SEs >30%).