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Table 1 Weighted descriptive statistics for adult enrollees of Health Care Programs

From: An observational study of emergency department utilization among enrollees of Minnesota Health Care Programs: financial and non-financial barriers have different associations

 

Mean

Percent

[95% C.I.]

ED as usual source of care

 

1.54%

0.87%

2.22%

ED visits in past year

    

  No ED visits

 

70.64%

66.99%

74.31%

  1 ED visit

 

17.11%

14.05%

20.16%

  2+ ED visits

 

12.25%

9.70%

14.79%

Any financial concern

 

72.84%

69.14%

76.54%

Count of financial concerns

2.92

 

2.71

3.12

Any non-financial barrier

 

61.67%

57.62%

65.73%

Count of practical barriers

1.58

 

1.45

1.72

Mental health diagnosis

 

29.02%

25.36%

32.68%

Injury or poisoning diagnosis

 

28.31%

24.50%

32.13%

Office visits in past year

4.98

 

4.57

5.38

Inpatient stay in past year (yes/no)

 

17.74%

14.66%

20.81%

Age

41.66

 

40.29

43.03

Female

 

66.18%

62.18%

70.19%

Education

4.59

 

4.47

4.70

  Never attended school

 

2.44%

1.90%

2.98%

  8th grade or less

 

5.10%

3.67%

6.52%

  Some high school

 

15.24%

12.42%

18.06%

  High school diploma/GED

 

31.78%

27.88%

35.68%

  Technical/vocational school

 

11.04%

8.27%

13.81%

  Some college/Associate's degree

 

24.38%

20.77%

28.00%

  Four-year college degree

 

8.61%

6.12%

11.10%

  Graduate/professional degree

 

1.41%

0.43%

2.39%

Born in the U.S.

 

84.32%

81.86%

86.77%

Married

 

40.32%

36.19%

44.45%

Employed

 

39.85%

35.70%

43.99%

White, non-Hispanic

 

66.13%

63.32%

68.95%

Black

 

14.27%

12.99%

15.56%

Hispanic/Latino

 

4.86%

4.00%

5.71%

Asian

 

7.24%

5.09%

9.39%

American Indian/Native American

 

6.94%

5.59%

8.29%

  1. N = 1737.
  2. Notes: Analyses are weighted to account for sampling design.