Table 8 All ED visits by patients’ characteristics identified in the year they responded to the HCES
| Â | HCES Respondents in Interprofessional Teams | HCES Respondents in Non-interprofessional Teams | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
≥1 ED visits | ≥1 ED visits | |||
Denominator | Weighted Percentage | Denominator | Weighted Percentage | |
Overall ED visits | 12,988 | 26.7 | 11,648 | 23.5 |
Sex | ||||
 Males | 5310 | 26.7 | 4792 | 22.9 |
 Female | 7678 | 26.7 | 6856 | 23.9 |
 Missing | 0 | – | 0 | – |
Age group, yr. | ||||
 16–44 | 3819 | 26.8 | 3653 | 22.3 |
 45–64 | 5272 | 24.1 | 4661 | 21.8 |
 65–84 | 3602 | 29.2 | 3071 | 26.1 |
 85+ | 295 | 40.0 | 263 | 38.4 |
 Missing | 0 | – | 0 | – |
New OHIP registrants (within 10 years) | ||||
 Yes | 355 | 20.3 | 460 | 22.0 |
 No | 12,620 | 26.9 | 11,174 | 23.6 |
Income quintile | ||||
 1 (low) | 2089 | 33.3 | 1764 | 27.7 |
 2 | D/S | D/S | D/S | D/S |
 3 | 2697 | 26.4 | 2295 | 23.8 |
 4 | 2822 | 24.8 | 2550 | 21.9 |
 5 (high) | 2888 | 22.6 | 2784 | 21.6 |
 Missing | D/S | D/S | D/S | D/S |
Rurality Index of Ontario | ||||
 Largest Urban (0) | 3759 | 23.5 | 4000 | 20.9 |
 Large urban (1 to 9) | 2388 | 22.0 | 4078 | 20.3 |
 Small-urban (10 to 39) | 4823 | 27.8 | 2737 | 28.0 |
 Rural (≥40) | 1892 | 35.3 | 763 | 37.5 |
 Missing | 126 | 38.1 | 70 | 30.0 |
Resource utilization band (RUB) | ||||
 1 | 629 | 19.9 | 471 | 15.7 |
 2 | 2128 | 19.2 | 1802 | 15.2 |
 3 | 6746 | 25.7 | 6417 | 22.7 |
 4 | 2031 | 34.6 | 1869 | 31.7 |
 5 (very high user) | 823 | 48.5 | 674 | 42.7 |
 Non-user and Missing | 631 | 15.5 | 415 | 13.5 |
Patients with Chronic disease | ||||
 2 + Co-morbidity | ||||
  Yes | 6096 | 32.0 | 5628 | 23.5 |
  No | 6892 | 22.0 | 6020 | 23.5 |
 3+ comorbidities | ||||
  Yes | 3482 | 36.4 | 3207 | 32.6 |
  No | 9506 | 23.1 | 8441 | 20.0 |
 4+ comorbidities | ||||
  Yes | 1828 | 40.6 | 1686 | 37.9 |
  No | 11,160 | 24.4 | 9962 | 21.0 |
 5+ comorbidities | ||||
  Yes | 894 | 47.0 | 791 | 41.6 |
  No | 12,094 | 25.2 | 10,857 | 22.2 |