TABLE 3.

Adjusted ORs of Prolonged ED LOS for Pediatric Mental Health Visits by Demographic and Clinical Characteristics (2005–2015)

	LOS >6 h			LOS >12 h
	aOR	95% CI	P	aOR	95% CI	P
Race and ethnicity
White non-Hispanic	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Black non-Hispanic	1.11	0.69–1.79	.67	1.16	0.57–2.36	.68
Hispanic	1.36	0.94–1.97	.11	2.74	1.69–4.44	<.001
Other	1.19	0.53–2.67	.67	2.54	0.69–9.31	.16
Payer type
Private	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Public	1.17	0.83–1.66	.37	1.42	0.80–2.54	.23
Other	1.06	0.65–1.73	.82	1.74	0.78–3.89	.18
Type of diagnoses
Mental and physical health	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Mental health only	0.92	0.65–1.28	.61	1.39	0.85–2.27	.19
Age, y
6–12	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
13–17	1.59	1.09–2.31	.02	1.54	0.79–3.02	.21
Sex
Female	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Male	1.03	0.75–1.41	.86	1.36	0.88–2.10	.16
School month
No	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Yes	1.01	0.64–1.60	.96	0.76	0.38–1.51	.43
Yeara	1.07	1.00–1.13	.04	1.12	1.01–1.25	.03

P < .05 is considered statistically significant. aOR, adjusted odds ratio.

^aYear in 1-year intervals.