Table 2.
Health-care utilization and demographic characteristics, Kids Inpatient Database (KID).
| Rare disease % | Common condition % | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n | 1,200,587 | 5,065,496 | |
| Age (years) | 4.7 | 3.9 | <0.0001 |
| Sex | <0.0001 | ||
| Female | 46.8 | 52.6 | |
| Male | 53.2 | 47.4 | |
| Race | <0.0001 | ||
| White | 47.3 | 51.6 | |
| Black | 19.9 | 15.4 | |
| Hispanic | 20.7 | 21.3 | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 5.1 | 4.9 | |
| Native American | 0.8 | 0.9 | |
| Other | 6.1 | 6.1 | |
| Payer | 0.0003 | ||
| Private | 41.1 | 43.5 | |
| Medicare | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
| Medicaid | 51.1 | 48.7 | |
| Self-pay | 3.0 | 4.3 | |
| No charge | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Location | 0.0001 | ||
| Large metro (central) | 34.6 | 32.7 | |
| Large metro (fringe) | 24.3 | 23.4 | |
| Medium metro | 20.5 | 20.7 | |
| Small metro | 8.1 | 8.7 | |
| Micropolitan | 7.5 | 8.6 | |
| Nonmetro, nonmicropolitan | 5.0 | 5.8 | |
| Elective | <0.0001 | ||
| Elective admission | 15.1 | 7.0 | |
| Nonelective admission | 84.9 | 93.0 | |
| Discharge disposition | <0.0001 | ||
| Routine | 88.1 | 96.4 | |
| Transfer to short-term hospital | 4.0 | 1.1 | |
| Transfer to other facility | 1.7 | 0.8 | |
| Home health care | 4.7 | 1.4 | |
| Left against medical advice | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Died | 1.3 | 0.1 | |
| Mortality (within group) | <0.0001 | ||
| Neonate (overall) | 0.8 | 0.6 | |
| <1 year | 1.7 | 0.40 | |
| 1–4 years | 0.9 | <0.1 | |
| 5–9 years | 0.8 | <0.1 | |
| 10–13 years | 0.9 | <0.1 | |
| 14–16 years | 1.2 | <0.1 | |
| Emergency services | <0.0001 | ||
| No ED services of record | 75.6 | 82.2 | |
| Record of ED services | 24.4 | 17.8 | |
| Transfer in | <0.0001 | ||
| Not transferred in/newborn | 89.6 | 95.4 | |
| From acute care hospital | 9.1 | 3.8 | |
| From another type of health facility | 1.3 | 0.8 | |
| Transfer out | <0.0001 | ||
| Not a transfer | 94.3 | 98.2 | |
| To acute care hospital | 4.0 | 1.1 | |
| To another type of health facility | 1.6 | 0.8 | |
| In-hospital birth | <0.0001 | ||
| Transferred in from acute/other | 58.2 | 35.5 | |
| Born inside same hospital | 41.8 | 64.5 | |
| In-hospital birth | <0.0001 | ||
| Complicated | 94.4 | 54.6 | |
| Uncomplicated | 5.6 | 45.4 | |
| Income quartile by ZIP code ($) | <0.0001 | ||
| 1–42,999 | 30.5 | 30.6 | |
| 43,000–53,999 | 24.9 | 24.2 | |
| 54,000–70,999 | 24.1 | 24.0 | |
| 71,000+ | 20.6 | 19.1 | |
| Hospital region | 0.9618 | ||
| Northeast | 17.0 | 16.4 | |
| Midwest | 21.6 | 21.6 | |
| South | 38.8 | 39.2 | |
| West | 22.7 | 22.9 | |
| Missing values not displayed |
Demographic characteristics, KID, weighted estimate.
ED emergency department.