Table 2 Enrolled vs. Non-enrolled emergency department frequent users
From: Emergency department use and barriers to wellness: a survey of emergency department frequent users
Enrolled Frequent User | Non-enrolled Frequent Users | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 100 | n = 197 | ||||
Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation | ||
Age | 47.92 | 16.24 | 50.81 | 18.33 | 0.1871 |
Median | IQR (range) | Median | IQR (range) | ||
# Inpatient Visits | 1 | 0-3 (0–10) | 1 | 0-3 (0–16) | 0.9001 |
# Observation Visits | 1 | 0-2 (0–7) | 0 | 0-1 (0–9) | 0.0207 |
# Emergency Visits | 6 | 4-8.5 (4–37) | 6 | 5-9 (4–45) | 0.8123 |
n | % | n | % | ||
Sex (n, %) | 0.9697 | ||||
Female | 64 | 64.00% | 125 | 63.78% | |
Male | 36 | 36.00% | 71 | 36.22% | |
Race (n, %) | 0.8291 | ||||
Black | 36 | 36.73% | 70 | 36.46% | |
White | 60 | 61.22% | 115 | 59.90% | |
Asian | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 1.56% | |
Other | 2 | 2.04% | 4 | 2.08% | |
Insurance Status (n, %) | 0.7151 | ||||
Insured (any) | 83 | 96.51% | 176 | 97.24% | |
Not insured (self-pay or no insurance) | 3 | 3.49% | 5 | 2.76% | |
Payer (n, %) | 0.9378 | ||||
Medicare | 20 | 23.26% | 39 | 21.55% | |
Medicaid | 47 | 54.65% | 102 | 56.35% | |
Dual-eligible | 8 | 9.30% | 21 | 11.60% | |
None or Self-pay | 3 | 3.49% | 5 | 2.76% | |
Private | 8 | 9.30% | 14 | 7.73% | |