Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients with EDCA and IPCA.
Variables, n (%) | EDCA (n=13,239) | IPCA (n=2,109) | p-value |
Primary payer | |||
Medicare | 392 (2.9%) | 79 (3.8%) | <0.001 |
Medicaid | 7,608 (57.5%) | 1,253 (59.4%) | <0.001 |
Private insurance | 3,270 (24.7%) | 699 (33.1%) | <0.001 |
Self-pay | 1,969 (14.9%) | 78 (3.7%) | <0.001 |
Hospital characteristics | |||
Teaching hospital | 7,933 (59.9%) | 2,053 (97.4%) | <0.001 |
Urban location | 11,969 (90.4%) | 1,907 (90.5%) | 0.986 |
Pre-existing conditions | |||
Asthma | 324 (2.5%) | 215 (10.2%) | <0.001 |
Congenital heart disease | 289 (2.18%) | 293 (13.9%) | <0.001 |
Diabetes mellitus | 57 (0.4%) | 30 (1.4%) | 0.077 |
Epilepsy | 192 (1.5%) | 138 (6.5%) | <0.001 |
Hyperlipidemia | 10 (0.06%) | 18 (0.8%) | 0.049 |
Hypertension | 58 (0.4%) | 231 (11%) | <0.001 |
Malignancy | 23 (0.17%) | 56 (2.7%) | 0.002 |
Obesity | 11 (0.06%) | 19 (0.9%) | 0.043 |
Renal failure | 32 (0.24%) | 34 (1.6%) | 0.032 |
Sickle cell disease | 49 (0.37%) | 20 (0.9%) | 0.207 |