Table 1.
Characteristics of participants pre and During C0VID-19 pandemic, N = 1,374,790.
| Variable | Overall (N = 1,374,790) |
COVID (N = 780,329) |
Pre-C0VID (N = 594,461) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 46.21(24.024) | 46.94(23.48) | 45.24(24.69) | <0.0001 |
| Gender |
<0.0001 |
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| Female | 773,130(56.24) | 434,832(55.72) | 338,298(56.91) | |
| Male | 601,660(43.76) | 345,497(44.28) | 256,163(43.09) | |
| Race |
<0.0001 |
|||
| Black | 462,405(33.63) | 263,822(33.81) | 198,583(33.41) | |
| White | 825,589(60.05) | 467,893(59.96) | 357,696(60.17) | |
| Other | 86,796(6.31) | 48,614(6.23) | 38,182(6.42) | |
| Ethnicity |
0.0136 |
|||
| Hispanic | 56,012(4.07) | 31,509(4.04) | 24,503(4.12) | |
| Not Hispanic | 1,318,778(95.93) | 748,820(95.96) | 569,958(95.88) | |
| Payor |
<0.0001 |
|||
| Medicaid | 488,179 (35.51) | 275,731(35.34) | 212,448(35.74) | |
| Medicare | 362,346 (26.36) | 206,912(26.52) | 155,434(26.15) | |
| Private | 524,265 (38.13) | 297,686(38.15) | 226,579(38.12) | |
| ESI Level |
<0.0001 |
|||
| High | 197,780(14.39) | 115,251(14.77) | 82,529(13.88) | |
| Mod | 837,452(60.91) | 477,906(61.24) | 359,546(60.48) | |
| low | 339,558(24.70) | 187,172(23.99) | 152,386(25.63) | |
| Mortality |
<0.0001 |
|||
| No | 1,368,272(99.53) | 776,066(99.45) | 592,206(99.62) | |
| Yes | 6518(0.47) | 4263(0.55) | 2255(0.38) | |
| ED LOS (mins) | 165.0(95.0–257.0) | 169.0(96.0–265.0) | 160.0(94.0–248.0) | <0.0001 |
| Hospital LOS (Days) | 3.95(2.18–6.73) | 3.98(2.19–6.85) | 3.90(2.17–6.45) | <0.0001 |
| ICU |
<0.0001 |
|||
| No | 1,314,030(95.58) | 745,373(95.52) | 568,657(95.66) | |
| Yes | 60,760(4.42) | 34,956(4.48) | 25,804(4.34) | |
| COVID-19 diagnosis |
<0.0001 |
|||
| No | 1,352,851(98.40) | 758,395(97.19) | 594,456(100.00) | |
| Yes | 21,939(1.60) | 21,934(2.81) | 5(0.00) | |
| Boarded | ||||
| No | 1,062,581(77.29) | 590,135(75.63) | 472,446(79.47) | <0.0001 |
| yes | 312,209(22.710 | 190,194(24.37) | 122,015(20.53) | |
| Admission |
<0.0001 |
|||
| No | 1,123,515(81.72) | 631,162(80.88) | 492,353(82.82) | |
| Yes | 251,275(18.28) | 149,167(19.12) | 102,108(17.18) | |
| Department group |
0.9692 |
|||
| FSED | 228,180(16.60) | 129,523(16.60) | 98,657(16.60) | |
| HBED | 1,146,610(83.40) | 650,806(83.40) | 495,804(83.40) | |
| Department Type |
<0.0001 |
|||
| Academic | 775,169(56.38) | 437,881(56.11) | 337,288(56.74) | |
| Community | 599,621(43.62) | 342,448(43.89) | 257,173(43.26) |
Statistics presented as mean (SD), or Median (Q1 – Q3), or n (%).