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Table 1 Patient and hospital level characteristics of study sample

From: Anticipated resource utilization for injury versus non-injury pediatric visits to emergency departments

 

Injury visits n = 763,733

Non-Injury visits n = 2,328,916

All visits n = 3,092,649

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Patient Characteristics

   

Age, years

   

   < 1

40,574 (5.3)

505,622 (21.7)

546,196 (17.7)

  1-4

234,000 (30.6)

834,789 (35.8)

1,068,789 (34.6)

  5-9

175,982 (23.0)

424,685 (18.2)

600,667 (19.4)

  10-14

188,651 (24.7)

307,596 (13.2)

496,247 (16.1)

  15-18

124,526 (16.3)

256,224 (11.0)

380,750 (12.3)

Gender

   

  Male

450,287 (59.0)

1,209,644 (51.9)

1,659,931 (53.7)

  Female

313,383 (41.0)

1,119,126 (48.1)

1,432,509 (46.3)

  Unknown

63 (<0.1)

146 (<0.1)

209 (<0.1)

Race/Ethnicity

   

  White, non-Hispanic

299,494 (39.2)

670,458 (28.8)

969,952 (31.4)

  Black, non-Hispanic

222,482 (29.7)

766,999 (32.9)

993,481 (32.1)

  Hispanic

75,466 (9.9)

364,519 (15.7)

439,985 (14.2)

  Other Race, non-Hispanic

38,724 (5.1)

121,620 (5.2)

160,344 (5.2)

  Unknown

123,567 (16.2)

405,320 (17.4)

528,887 (17.1)

Payer Type

   

  Private

342,664 (44.9)

755,518 (32.4)

1,098,182 (35.5)

  Public

355,754 (46.6)

1,384,977 (59.5)

1,740,731 (56.3)

  Uninsured/Other

57,731 (7.6)

146,447 (6.3)

204,178 (6.6)

  Unknown

7,584 (1.0)

41,974 (1.8)

49,558 (1.6)

Hospital Type

   

  Pediatric ED/Children’s Hospital

499,460 (65.4)

1,664,670 (71.5)

2,164,130 (70.0)

  Pediatric ED within General ED

194,491 (25.5)

525,381 (22.6)

719,872 (23.3)

  General ED

69,782 (9.1)

138,865 (6.0)

208,647 (6.8)

Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center

   

  Yes

641,043 (83.9)

2,030,519 (87.2)

2,671,562 (86.4)

  No

122,690 (16.1)

298,397 (12.8)

421,087 (13.6)