Table 2.
Demographic and other Characteristics of participants During C0VID-19 pandemic, N = 780,329.
| Variable | Overall | COVID-19 N = 21,934 |
Non-COVID-19 N = 758,395 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 46.94(23.48) | 56.51(20.15) | 46.67(23.51) | <0.0001 |
| Gender |
<0.0001 |
|||
| Female | 434,832 (55.72) | 11,855(54.05) | 422,977(55.77) | |
| Male | 345,497 (44.28) | 10,079(45.95) | 335,418(44.23) | |
| Race |
<0.0001 |
|||
| Black | 263,822 (33.81) | 7181(32.74) | 256,641(33.84) | |
| White | 467,893 (59.96) | 13,214(60.24) | 454,679(59.95) | |
| Other | 48,614 (6.23) | 1539(7.02) | 47,075(6.21) | |
| Ethnicity |
<0.0001 |
|||
| Hispanic | 31,509 (4.04) | 966(4.40) | 30,543(4.03) | |
| Not Hispanic | 748,820 (95.96) | 20,968(95.60) | 727,852(95.97) | |
| Payor |
<0.0001 |
|||
| Medicaid | 275,731 (35.34) | 4717(21.51) | 271,014(35.74) | |
| Medicare | 206,912 (26.52) | 7690(35.06) | 199,222(26.27) | |
| Private | 297,686 (38.15) | 9527(43.43) | 288,159(38.00) | |
| ESI Level |
<0.0001 |
|||
| High | 115,251 (14.77) | 5892(26.86) | 109,359(14.42) | |
| Mod | 477,906 (61.24) | 14,737(67.19) | 463,169(61.07) | |
| low | 187,172 (23.99) | 1305(5.95) | 185,867(24.51) | |
| Mortality |
<0.0001 |
|||
| No | 776,066(99.45) | 21,104(96.22) | 754,962(99.55) | |
| Yes | 4263(0.55) | 830(3.78) | 3433(0.45) | |
| ED LOS(minutes) | 169.0(96.0–265.0) | 233.0(165.0–321.0) | 167.0(94.0–263.0) | <0.0001 |
| Hospital LOS (days) | 3.98(2.19–6.85) | 5.40(3.37–9.8) | 3.90(2.15–6.64) | <0.0001 |
| ICU |
<0.0001 |
|||
| No | 745,373 (95.52) | 18,850(85.94) | 726,523(95.80) | |
| Yes | 34,956 (4.48) | 3084(14.06) | 31,872(4.20) | |
| Boarded |
<0.0001 |
|||
| No | 590,135 (75.63) | 11,851(54.03) | 578,284(76.25) | |
| yes | 190,194 (24.37) | 10,083(45.97) | 180,111(23.75) | |
| ADMISSION |
<0.0001 |
|||
| No | 631,162 (80.88) | 11,568(52.74) | 619,594(81.70) | |
| Yes | 149,167 (19.12) | 10,366(47.26) | 138,801(18.30) | |
| Department Group |
<0.0001 |
|||
| FSED | 129,523 (16.60) | 2286(10.42) | 127,237(16.78) | |
| HBED | 650,806 (83.40) | 19,648(89.58) | 631,158(83.22) | |
| Department Type |
<0.0001 |
|||
| Academic | 437,881 (56.11) | 13,435(61.25) | 424,446(55.97) | |
| Community | 342,448 (43.89) | 8499(38.75) | 333,949(44.03) |
Statistics presented as mean (SD), or Median (Q1 – Q3), or n (%).