Table 1.

Overall, youth, and adult BEST encounter characteristics

Characteristics	Total encounters		Youth encounters (< 21 years)		Adult encounters (= > 21 years)
	N	%	N	%	N	%
N	225,198		49,878	22.2	175,289	77.8
Sex
Male	128,067	56.9	26,625	53.4	101,426	57.9
Female	94,547	42.0	22,693	45.5	71,840	41.0
Transgender	2040	0.9	480	1.0	1560	0.9
Unknown	544	0.2	80	0.2	463	0.3
Race
White	86,725	38.5	8839	17.7	77,884	44.4
Black	67,222	29.9	18,880	37.9	48,336	27.6
Latino	38,853	17.3	13,070	26.2	25,783	14.7
Other	11,313	5.0	4251	8.5	7062	4.0
Unknown	21,805	9.4	4838	9.7	16,224	9.3
Homelessness	53,269	23.7	1802	3.6	51,464	29.4
Insurance Use
Public	195,327	86.7	47,661	95.6	147,638	84.2
Uninsured	23,909	10.6	164	0.3	23,745	13.6
Commercial	4830	2.1	1795	3.6	3035	1.7
Unknown	1132	0.5	258	0.5	871	0.5
Existing Patient	157,022	69.7	30,017	60.2	127,003	72.5
Psychiatric Diagnosis1
Mood disorders	123,627	54.9	21,106	42.3	102,511	58.5
Substance use disorders	85,428	37.9	4359	8.7	81,062	46.2
Stress and adjustment disorders	50,543	22.4	19,922	39.9	30,614	17.5
Non-mood psychotic disorders	46,025	20.4	3056	6.1	42,962	24.5
Personality disorders	21,379	9.5	1666	3.3	19,711	11.2
Anxiety disorders	20,603	9.2	4460	8.9	16,134	9.2
Childhood onset disorders	14,041	6.2	12,641	25.3	1400	0.8
Other psychiatric disorders	3334	1.5	634	1.3	2700	1.5
Evaluation Location
BEST-designated ED	80,581	35.8	15,171	30.4	65,390	37.3
Other ED	61,179	27.2	10,983	22.0	50,188	28.6
Psychiatric UCC	42,435	18.8	5020	10.1	37,415	21.3
Community location (MCU)	40,683	18.1	18,654	37.4	22,027	12.6
Unknown	320	0.1	50	0.1	269	0.2
Discharge Disposition
Inpatient admission	87,411	38.8	17,055	34.2	70,349	40.1
Outpatient care	67,607	30.0	17,466	35.0	50,125	28.6
Returned to community	48,512	21.5	11,179	22.4	37,327	21.3
Crisis stabilization	21,339	9.5	4124	8.3	17,214	9.8
Unknown	329	0.2	54	0.1	274	0.2

¹Diagnoses not mutually exclusive