TABLE 1.
Encounter-level characteristics of children with cancer presenting to the emergency department, both overall and by admission status
| Patient characteristics | Overall N = 60,054 |
Admitted N = 37 547 (62.5) |
Discharged N = 22 507 (37.5) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (% by column) | ||||
| Gender | 0.003 | |||
| Female | 27 521 (45.8) | 17 380 (46.3) | 10 141 (45.1) | |
| Male | 32 530 (54.2) | 20 165 (53.7) | 12 365 (54.9) | |
| Race | <0.001 | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 28 335 (47.2) | 18 670 (49.7) | 9665 (42.9) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 6339 (10.6) | 3961 (10.6) | 2378 (10.6) | |
| Hispanic | 17 037 (28.4) | 9622 (25.6) | 7415 (33.0) | |
| Asian | 2309 (3.8) | 1446 (3.9) | 863 (3.8) | |
| Other/unknown | 6034 (10.1) | 3848 (10.3) | 2186 (9.7) | |
| Payer | <0.001 | |||
| Public | 32 933 (54.8) | 20 084 (53.5) | 12 849 (57.1) | |
| Private | 24 280 (40.4) | 15 786 (42.0) | 8494 (37.7) | |
| Other | 2841 (4.7) | 1677 (4.5) | 1164 (5.2) | |
| Age (years) | <0.001 | |||
| 0-4 | 19 955 (33.2) | 12 879 (34.3) | 7076 (31.4) | |
| 5-9 | 16 334 (27.2) | 9395 (25.0) | 6939 (30.8) | |
| 10-14 | 11 836 (19.7) | 7553 (20.1) | 4283 (19.0) | |
| 15+ | 11 929 (19.9) | 7720 (20.6) | 4209 (18.7) |