Table 1 Non-frequent versus all-frequent Emergency Department users
From: Emergency department use and barriers to wellness: a survey of emergency department frequent users
All | Non-frequent user | All frequent user | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 1523 | n = 1226 | n = 297 | |||||
Mean | Std Dev | Mean | Std Dev | Mean | Std Dev | p-value | |
Age | 52.62 | 19.84 | 53.33 | 20.28 | 49.84 | 17.69 | 0.0035 |
Median | IQR (Range) | Median | IQR (Range) | Median | IQR (Range) | ||
# Inpatient Visits | 0 | 0-1 (0–16) | 0 | 0-0 (0–8) | 1 | 0-3 (0–16) | <0.0001 |
# Observation Visits | 0 | 0-0 (0–9) | 0 | 0-0 (0–3) | 0 | 0-1 (0–9) | <0.0001 |
# Emergency Visits | 1 | 0-3 (0–45) | 0 | 0-1 (0–3) | 6 | 5-9 (4–45) | <0.0001 |
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Sex (n, %) | 0.0176 | ||||||
Female | 874 | 57.69% | 684 | 56.25% | 189 | 63.85% | |
Male | 641 | 42.31% | 532 | 43.75% | 107 | 36.15% | |
Race (n, %) | 0.0335 | ||||||
Black | 438 | 29.92% | 332 | 28.28% | 106 | 36.55% | |
White | 966 | 65.98% | 791 | 67.38% | 175 | 60.34% | |
Asian | 29 | 1.98% | 26 | 2.21% | 3 | 1.03% | |
Other | 31 | 2.12% | 25 | 2.13% | 6 | 2.07% | |
Insurance Status (n, %) | <0.0001 | ||||||
Insured (any) | 1183 | 90.86% | 924 | 89.28% | 259 | 97.00% | |
Not insured (self-pay or no insurance) | 119 | 9.14% | 111 | 10.72% | 8 | 3.00% | |
Payer (n, %) | <0.0001 | ||||||
Medicare | 355 | 27.22% | 296 | 28.60% | 59 | 22.10% | |
Medicaid | 428 | 32.80% | 279 | 26.96% | 149 | 55.81% | |
Dual-eligible | 98 | 7.53% | 69 | 6.67% | 29 | 10.86% | |
None or Self-pay | 119 | 9.14% | 111 | 10.72% | 8 | 3.00% | |
Private | 302 | 23.20% | 280 | 27.05% | 22 | 8.24% | |