Table 1 Demographic characteristics for ED visits for burn related injuries for the 6-year study period
Encounter With Transfer (N = 108,583) | Encounter Without Transfer (N = 2,939,117) | Total (N = 3,047,701) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | (%) | N | (%) | N | |
Age (mean, SD) | 43 | (17) | 40 | (17) | 40 (17) |
Age | |||||
18–34 | 26,307 | 2.7% | 965,205 | 97.3% | 991,512 |
35–44 | 12,099 | 2.9% | 404,548 | 97.1% | 416,647 |
45–54 | 13,587 | 3.5% | 377,725 | 96.5% | 391,312 |
55–64 | 9039 | 3.8% | 227,150 | 96.2% | 236,189 |
65–74 | 5486 | 4.4% | 117,965 | 95.6% | 123,451 |
75–84 | 2742 | 4.5% | 58,714 | 95.5% | 61,456 |
>84 | 1148 | 4.6% | 24,065 | 95.4% | 25,214 |
Sex | |||||
Male | 50,952 | 4.3% | 1,140,348 | 95.7% | 1,191,300 |
Female | 19,426 | 1.8% | 1,034,407 | 98.2% | 1,053,833 |
Primary Payer | |||||
Medicare | 12,835 | 3.8% | 321,646 | 96.2% | 334,481 |
Medicaid | 9998 | 2.4% | 407,500 | 97.6% | 417,497 |
Self Pay | 17,410 | 3.5% | 476,516 | 96.5% | 493,927 |
Other | 9762 | 3.0% | 313,329 | 97.0% | 323,091 |
Private | 20,158 | 3.0% | 649,456 | 97.0% | 669,614 |
Burns of Eye / Face / Head/ Neck / Airway / Wrists or Hands | |||||
No | 23,230 | 2.1% | 1,098,399 | 97.9% | 1,121,629 |
Yes | 47,178 | 4.2% | 1,076,973 | 95.8% | 1,124,152 |
Region of hospital | |||||
Northeast | 7844 | 1.8% | 425,629 | 98.2% | 433,474 |
Midwest | 20,697 | 3.8% | 522,965 | 96.2% | 543,662 |
South | 30,199 | 3.4% | 866,955 | 96.6% | 897,154 |
West | 11,668 | 3.1% | 359,823 | 96.9% | 371,491 |
Teaching status of hospital | |||||
Metropolitan non-teaching | 28,144 | 3.3% | 829,619 | 96.7% | 857,763 |
Metropolitan | 19,890 | 2.2% | 896,794 | 97.8% | 916,684 |
Non-metropolitan hospital | 22,374 | 4.7% | 448,959 | 95.3% | 471,333 |
Trauma level designation | |||||
Non-Trauma | 54,826 | 3.4% | 1,540,201 | 96.6% | 1,595,027 |
Trauma | 14,587 | 2.4% | 584,081 | 97.6% | 598,668 |
Year | |||||
2009 | 11,156 | 3.0% | 363,001 | 97.0% | 374,157 |
2010 | 11,316 | 2.9% | 375,079 | 97.1% | 386,395 |
2011 | 11,898 | 3.3% | 352,311 | 96.7% | 364,209 |
2012 | 11,860 | 3.1% | 368,649 | 96.9% | 380,508 |
2013 | 11,948 | 3.3% | 349,133 | 96.7% | 361,081 |
2014 | 12,231 | 3.2% | 367,199 | 96.8% | 379,430 |