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Table 1 Demographics of pre- and post-guideline groups

From: Impact of standardization on racial and socioeconomic disparities in non-accidental trauma evaluations in infants in a pediatric emergency department

 

Pre-guideline

n = 541

Post-guideline

n = 658

p value

Mean age (days)

103

93

0.001

Male sex, n (%)

295 (54.5)

352 (53.5)

0.721

Race, n (%)

   

 White

358 (66.2)

441 (67.0)

0.757

 Black/African American

113 (20.9)

142 (21.6)

 Multiracial

33 (6.1)

31 (4.7)

Ethnicity, n (%)

   

 Non-Hispanic

512 (94.6)

628 (95.4)

0.164

 Hispanic

17 (3.1)

24 (3.6)

Insurance type, n (%)

   

 Governmental

338 (62.5)

431 (65.5)

0.028

 Commercial

196 (36.2)

206 (31.3)

 Self-pay/other/unknown

7 (1.3)

21 (3.2)

Mean social deprivation index (SD)*

0.341 (0.145)

0.343 (0.138)

0.829

  1. *n = 510 pre-guideline and n = 607 post-guideline
  2. SD standard deviation