Table 1.

Discharges Associated With Common Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Maladies Seen in US Emergency Departments, 2008-2012.

	Overall		≤5 y		6-9 y		10-13 y		14-17 y
Demographic Characteristics	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Discharges	11 731 073	100.0	2 751 137	100.0	2 153 060	100.0	3 238 947	100.0	3 587 929	100.0
Hand malady as primary diagnosis	10 530 237	89.8	2 534 678	92.1	1 982 482	92.1	2 959 976	91.4	3 053 101	85.1
Trauma-related	8 589 333	73.2	2 023 645	73.6	1 594 455	74.1	2 412 958	74.5	2 558 274	71.3
Male	6 905 834	58.9	1 441 808	52.4	1 173 591	54.5	1 969 049	60.8	2 321 385	64.7
Anticipated primary payer
Medicare	42 281	0.4	9473	0.3	8093	0.4	11 806	0.4	12 910	0.4
Medicaid	4 818 231	41.1	1 338 541	48.7	892 778	41.5	1 252 081	38.7	1 334 831	37.2
Private	5 451 777	46.5	1 090 171	39.6	1 009 486	46.9	1 611 625	49.8	1 740 495	48.5
Other	1 418 785	12.1	312 953	11.4	242 703	11.3	363 435	11.2	499 694	13.9
Pediatric comorbidity
No conditions	11 354 046	96.8	2 699 393	98.1	2 085 743	96.9	3 139 843	96.9	3 429 067	95.6
1 condition	308 021	2.6	41 814	1.5	54 511	2.5	82 426	2.5	129 271	3.6
2+ conditions	69 007	0.6	9930	0.4	12 806	0.6	16 678	0.5	29 592	0.8
Elixhauser medical comorbidity
No conditions	11 141 373	95.0	2 676 101	97.3	2 063 299	95.8	3 077 070	95.0	3 324 904	92.7
1 condition	540 859	4.6	72 208	2.6	86 604	4.0	153 161	4.7	228 887.0	6.4
2+ conditions	48 841	0.4	2829	0.1	3158	0.1	8716	0.3	34 139.0	1.0