Table 1:

Demographics of patients presenting for miscarriage care by Emergency Department use

	Full Group N = 54	Use of ED N = 25	No use of ED N = 29	OR (95% CI)
Age
<=30	21 (39)	15 (60)	6 (21)	-
30+	33 (61)	10 (40)	23 (79)	5.6 (1.8-18.7)
Race
African-American	27 (50)	16 (67)	11 (38)	-
Other	27 (50)	8 (33)	18 (63)	3.3 (1.1-10.0)
Ethnicity
Hispanic	2 (4)	2 (8)	0 (0)	Not applicable*
Non-Hispanic	52 (96)	23 (92)	29 (100)
Insurance
Private	32 (59)	9 (36)	23 (79)	-
Other†/None	22 (41)	16 (64)	6 (21)	6.8 (2.1-22.5)
Gravidity
1	12 (22)	4 (16)	8 (28)	-
2+	42 (78)	21 (84)	21 (72)	0.5 (0.6-6.6)
Parity
0	21 (39)	9 (36)	12 (41)	-
1+	33 (61)	16 (64)	17 (59)	0.8 (0.3-2.4)
Term Deliveries
0	23 (43)	11 (44)	12 (41)	-
1+	31 (57)	14 (56)	17 (59)	1.1 (0.4-3.3)
History of elective abortion
No	34 (63)	13 (52)	21 (72)	-
Yes	20 (37)	12 (48)	8 (28)	1.6 (0.8-3.2)
Previous history of miscarriage
No	34 (63)	14 (56)	20 (69)	-
Yes	20 (37)	11 (44)	9 (31)	1.4 (0.7-2.8)
Depressed‡
No (less than 16)	20 (39)	7 (29)	13 (46)	-
Yes (16 or greater)	32 (61)	17 (71)	15 (54)	0.5 (0.2-1.5)
Anxiety§
Low (0-21)	41 (79)	16 (67)	25 (89)	-
Moderate (22-35)	7 (13)	5 (21)	2 (7)	0.3 (0.0-1.5)
High (36 or greater)	4 (8)	3 (12)	1 (4)	0.2 (0.0-2.2)
Stress‖
Yes (less than 13.7)	36 (69)	19 (79)	17 (61)	2.5 (0.7-8.5)
No (13.7 or greater)	16 (31)	5 (21)	11 (39)	-
PTSD symptoms
No	39 (75)	14 (58)	25 (89)	-
Yes	13 (25)	10 (42)	3 (11)	0.2 (0.0-0.7)
Management Method
Surgical	37 (69)	15 (60)	22 (76)	-
Medical	15 (27)	8 (32)	7 (24)	0.6 (0.2-2.0)
Expectant	2 (4)	2 (8)	0 (0)	Not applicable*

ED, Emergency Department PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.

Data are n(%) or mean±SD.

^*Unable to model as the “no use of ED” group did not have any Hispanic patients or patients with expectant management.

^†Medicaid or Medicare, or uninsured

^‡Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) score.

^§Beck Anxiety Inventory

^‖Perceived Stress Scale