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Table 3 Proportion of emergency severity index, hospital admission, ICU admission, medical resources utilization, stratified by ESRD, NHAMCS 2014–2016

From: Emergency department use by patients with end-stage renal disease in the United States

 

Unweighted sample

Weighted sample

 

All

No ESRD

ESRD

All

No ESRD

ESRD

p value

ESI score

 Immediate

239 (0.8)

235 (0.8)

4 (1.5)

1,496,327 (0.8)

1,471,879 (0.7)

24,448 (1.7)

< 0.001

 Emergent

3615 (11.6)

3529 (11.5)

86 (32.8)

23,433,327 (11.8)

22,976,847 (11.7)

456,480 (31.6)

 Urgent

15,392 (49.5)

15,248 (49.5)

144 (55.0)

97,000,149 (49.0)

96,286,096 (49.0)

714,053 (49.4)

 Semi-urgent

10,051 (32.3)

10,034 (32.6)

17 (6.5)

65,085,335 (32.9)

64,950,854 (33.0)

134,480 (9.3)

 Non-urgent

1784 (5.7)

1773 (5.8)

11 (4.2)

11,046,598 (5.6)

10,931,909 (5.6)

114,689 (7.9)

 Hospital Admission

5852 (13.7)

5695 (13.4)

157 (42.8)

36,388,538 (13.1)

35,517,254 (12.8)

871,284 (40.2)

< 0.001

 ICU

698 (1.6)

669 (1.6)

29 (7.9)

4,647,353 (1.7)

4,506,861 (1.6)

140,492 (6.5)

< 0.001

 In hospital death

201 (0.5)

192 (0.5)

9 (2.5)

1,342,510 (0.5)

1,298,220 (0.5)

44,290 (2.0)

< 0.001

 Left before/after triage

1085 (2.5)

1076 (2.5)

9 (2.5)

6,792,175 (2.4)

6,722,799 (2.4)

69,376 (3.2)

0.9212

 Blood test

21,958 (51.3)

21,654 (51.0)

304 (82.8)

142,656,097 (51.2)

140,833,111 (50.9)

1,822,986 (84.1)

< 0.001

 Any image

21,950 (51.2)

21,709 (51.1)

241 (65.7)

144,824,612 (52.0)

143,375,099 (51.8)

1,449,513 (66.9)

< 0.001

 X-ray

15,099 (35.3)

14,894 (35.1)

205 (55.9)

99,429,274 (35.7)

98,179,495 (35.5)

1,249,778 (57.6)

< 0.001

 CT

8414 (19.6)

8338 (19.6)

76 (20.7)

54,986,804 (19.7)

54,559,942 (19.7)

426,863 (19.7)

0.6063

 Ultrasound

2218 (5.2)

2205 (5.2)

13 (3.5)

14,936,538 (5.4)

14,833,060 (5.4)

103,478 (4.8)

0.1554

 MRI

446 (1.0)

438 (1.0)

8 (2.2)

2,831,626 (1.0)

2,791,440 (1.0)

40,186 (1.9)

0.0309

 Other Imaging

604 (1.4)

595 (1.4)

9 (2.5)

4,297,097 (1.5)

4,239,282 (1.5)

57,815 (2.7)

0.0890

 Procedure

21,021 (49.1)

20,807 (49.0)

214 (58.3)

133,801,012 (48.0)

132,620,938 (48.0)

1,180,074 (54.4)

0.0011

 Waiting time (minutes, MEANS (95% CI))

41.1 (40.3–41.8)

41.0 (40.3–41.8)

45.2 (37.7–52.7)

39.9 (39.2–40.6)

39.9 (39.1–40.6)

46.5 (38.8–54.1)

0.7500

 Length of visit (minutes, MEANS (95% CI))

245.6 (241.6–249.6)

244.1 (240.1–248.1)

422.7 (339.2–506.3)

230.2 (226.7–233.8)

228.7 (225.2–232.2)

450.3 (358.0–542.5)

<.0001

  1. Notes: Waiting time: time from arrival to seeing the physician. Length of visit: time from arrival to discharge