Factors predictive of hospital admission for children via emergency departments in Australia and Sweden: an observational cross-sectional study

Table 2 Characteristics of children presenting at five hospital EDs in Australia and Sweden

	ED A, SA [Children’s]		ED B, QLD [Children’s]		ED C, QLD [Mixed]		ED D, SA [Mixed]		ED E, Sweden [Mixed]		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age category
< 12 months	9315	15.6	6096	16.2	2482	13.2	3352	17.2	2416	15.0	23661	15.6
1	8219	13.8	5560	14.8	2122	11.3	2444	12.5	1844	11.4	20189	13.3
2-5	16547	27.7	12264	32.6	4455	23.8	5082	26.1	3685	22.9	42033	27.7
6-11	12695	21.3	9302	24.8	3835	20.5	3684	18.9	3545	22.0	33061	21.8
12-17	12961	21.7	4355	11.6	5847	31.2	4924	25.3	4616	28.7	32703	21.6
Median age (IQR) years	4 [1.0-11.0]		3 [1.0-8.0]		6 [2.0-13.0]		4 [1.0-12.0]		6 [1.0-12.0]		4 [1.0-11.0]
Sex
Male	32655	54.7	21215	56.5	10271	54.8	10590	54.3	8496	52.8	83227	54.9
Female	27082	45.3	16361	43.5	8467	45.2	8896	45.7	7610	47.2	68416	45.1
Indigenous status
Not Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	57333	96.0	35852	95.4	17891	95.5	17920	92.0	Not available		128996	95.2
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (any)	2257	3.8	1300	3.5	498	2.7	1364	7.0			5419	4.0
Missing	147	0.2	424	1.1	349	1.9	202	1.0			1122	0.8
Language spoken at home
English	13064	21.9	36437	97.0	18291	97.6	18281	93.8	Not available		86073	63.5
Not English	26	0.0	960	2.6	202	1.1	267	1.4			1455	1.1
Missing	46647	78.1	179	0.5	245	1.3	938	4.8			48009	35.4
Insurance status
Medicare only	34680	58.1	22067	58.7	17719	94.6	17196	88.2	Not available		91662	67.6
Private Health	24906	41.7	15228	40.5	711	3.8	2049	10.5			42894	31.6
No insurance	0	0.0	81	0.2	94	0.5	0	0.0			175	0.1

ED Emergency department, SA South Australia, QLD Queensland. IQR Inter-quartile range

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