TABLE 2.

Demographic and Hospitalization Characteristics of Participants at Children’s Hospitals and Community Hospitals

Patient Characteristics	Children’s Hospitals (n = 624)		Community Hospitals (n = 303)		P
	n	Median [Interquartile Range] or %	n	Median [Interquartile Range] or %
Age, y	624	5 [1, 12]	303	5 [1, 11]	.43
Sex, malea	349	56	160	54	.63
Primary payera
Private	205	33	201	68	<.001
Public	379	61	82	28	<.001
Uninsured	40	6	12	4	.15
Race or ethnicityb
White	285	46	102	61	<.001
Hispanic	159	26	11	7	<.001
Black	85	14	28	17	.32
Asian or Pacific Islander	32	5	12	7	.31
Other	56	9	13	8	.62
Medical complexityc
No chronic disease	134	21	—	—	—
Noncomplex chronic diseases	140	22	—	—	—
Complex chronic disease	350	56	—	—	—
Characteristics of hospitalization
Intensive care during Hospitalizationd	121	19	—	—	—
LOS in dayse	624	3 [2, 6]	299	2 [1, 2]	<.001
7-d readmissione	37	6	6	2	.01
30-d readmissione	89	14	10	3	<.001
7-d return visit to EDf	20	5	12	4	.65
30-d return visit to EDf	20	5	24	8	.07

^aSex and insurance status missing for 8 community hospital cases.

^bRace and ethnicity missing for 7 children’s hospital cases and 137 community hospital cases.

^cPediatric medical complexity data missing for community hospitals.

^dData missing for community hospitals because they did not have PICUs.

^eLOS and readmission data missing for 4 community hospital cases.

^fED return visits missing for 1 children’s hospital (200 cases) and 4 community hospital cases.