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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of the patients according to the insurance type. N (%), (N = 5014)

From: Insurance status and traumatized patients’ outcomes: a report from the national trauma registry of Iran

 

Road traffic

(n = 2458)

Basic

(n = 1766)

Foreign nationality

(n = 262)

Uninsured

(n = 528)

p-value

Pairwise comparison

Age, mean ± SD, (year)

37.8 ± 15.8

45.2 ± 22.3

27.8 ± 13.3

32.4 ± 11.9

< 0.001

B > R, B > U, B > F, R > U, R > F, U > F

Sex

    

< 0.001

 

Male

2227 (51.9)

1324 (30.8)

245 (5.7)

497 (11.6)

Female

231 (32.0)

442 (61.3)

17 (2.4)

31 (4.3)

Education, mean ± SD (year)

8.9 ± 4.1

7.7 ± 4.8

2.9 ± 3.8

9.5 ± 3.6

< 0.001

R > B, R > F

U > R, U > B, U > F, B > F

Marital status

    

< 0.001

 

Married

1429 (51.5)

1012 (36.5)

108 (3.9)

225 (8.1)

Single

916 (47.7)

587 (30.6)

141 (7.3)

275 (14.3)

Divorced

113 (35.2)

167 (52.0)

13 (4.0)

28 (8.7)

Nationality

    

< 0.001

 

Iranian

2356 (50.8)

1760 (37.9)

0 (0.0)

521 (11.3)

Non-Iranian

102 (27.6)

6 (1.6)

262 (68.9)

7 (1.9)

Job status

    

< 0.001

 

Employed

1730 (55.0)

841 (26.8)

202 (6.4)

370 (11.8)

Housekeeper

144 (28.7)

328 (65.5)

15 (3.0)

14 (2.8)

Retired

102 (43.0)

126 (53.2)

0 (0.0)

9 (3.8)

student

144 (42.5)

115 (33.9)

14 (4.1)

66 (19.5)

Unemployed

150 (44.0)

146 (42.8)

15 (4.4)

30 (8.8)

Others

188 (41.5)

210 (46.4)

 

39 (8.6)

  1. R: Road traffic insurance, B: Basic insurance, F: Foreign nationality insurance, U: Uninsured