Table 3 Characteristics of patients who revisited the emergency department
From: Impact of low health literacy on patients’ health outcomes: a multicenter cohort study
Baseline Characteristics | Emergency Department Revisit | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | None (%) | More than once (%) | ||
Health Literacy Score | 0.02 | |||
Inadequate | 54 (32.3) | 66.7 | 33.3 | |
Marginal | 29 (17.3) | 72.4 | 27.6 | |
Adequate | 84 (50.3) | 85.7 | 14.3 | |
Age Group (in years) | 0.54 | |||
Under 65 | 87 (52.5) | 77.7 | 22.4 | |
65 and over | 80 (47.5) | 76.6 | 23.4 | |
Sex | 0.89 | |||
Male | 77 (46.4) | 76.6 | 23.4 | |
Female | 90 (53.6) | 77.5 | 22.5 | |
Education | 0.21 | |||
Some high school or less | 61 (36.8) | 77.1 | 23.0 | |
Complete high school | 33 (19.9) | 66.7 | 33.3 | |
Some college | 22 (13.3) | 72.7 | 27.3 | |
Complete college | 50 (30.1) | 86.0 | 14.0 | |