Table 1.
ED visits to LAC + USC Medical Center 2018–2020, self-reported Latino patients 18 years of age and older who were either on restricted Medi-Cal or full-scope Medi-Cal
| 2018 (n = 62,239) |
2019 (n = 64,740) |
2020 (n = 34,714) |
Total (n = 161,693) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Proportion of all visits Latino | 69.86 | 71.33 | 68.97 | 70.24 | ||||
| Insurance status | ||||||||
| Undocumented | 30,126 | 48.40 | 31,177 | 48.16 | 15,980 | 46.03 | 77,283 | 47.80 |
| Medicaid | 32,113 | 51.60 | 33,563 | 51.84 | 18,734 | 53.97 | 84,410 | 52.20 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 34,845 | 55.99 | 36,075 | 55.72 | 18,336 | 52.82 | 89,256 | 55.20 |
| Male | 27,377 | 43.99 | 28,644 | 44.24 | 16,358 | 47.12 | 72,379 | 44.76 |
| Unknown | 17 | 0.03 | 21 | 0.03 | 20 | 0.06 | 58 | 0.04 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–34 | 16,331 | 26.24 | 16,452 | 25.41 | 9,032 | 26.02 | 41,815 | 25.86 |
| 35–44 | 12,684 | 20.38 | 13,267 | 20.49 | 7,079 | 20.39 | 33,030 | 20.43 |
| 45–55 | 14,539 | 23.36 | 14,941 | 23.08 | 8,105 | 23.35 | 37,585 | 23.24 |
| 55–64 | 11,092 | 17.82 | 11,732 | 18.12 | 6,371 | 18.35 | 29,195 | 18.06 |
| 65 + | 7,593 | 12.20 | 8,348 | 12.89 | 4,127 | 11.89 | 20,068 | 12.41 |
| Top reasons for visit | ||||||||
| Abdominal pain | 4,425 | 7.11 | 5,028 | 7.77 | 2,665 | 7.68 | 12,118 | 7.49 |
| Other connective tissue disease | 2,142 | 3.44 | 2,414 | 3.73 | 1,213 | 3.49 | 5,769 | 3.57 |
| Nonspecific chest pain | 2,088 | 3.35 | 2,286 | 3.53 | 1,140 | 3.28 | 5,514 | 3.41 |
| Spondylosis; intervertebral disc disorders; other back problems | 2,102 | 3.38 | 2,263 | 3.50 | 1,069 | 3.08 | 5,434 | 3.36 |
| Other non-traumatic joint disorders | 2,123 | 3.41 | 2,341 | 3.62 | 956 | 2.75 | 5,420 | 3.35 |
| Headache; including migraine | 2,033 | 3.27 | 2,265 | 3.50 | 979 | 2.82 | 5,277 | 3.26 |