| | |
ED visits for PE
|
All other ED visits
|
|---|
|
Characteristic
| |
No. of obs.
|
Weighted %
|
(±95%
CI)
|
Weighted %
|
(±95%
CI)
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
Overall
| |
283
|
0.08%
|
0.01%
|
99.92%
|
(0.77%)
| |
|
Sex
|
Male
|
123
|
45.2%
|
(3.8%)
|
45.8%
|
(0.7%)
|
0.88
|
| |
Female
|
160
|
54.8%
|
(3.8%)
|
54.2%
|
(0.7%)
| |
|
Age category
|
Under 65 years
|
162
|
55.8%
|
(3.4%)
|
85.2%
|
(0.2%)
|
<0.0001
|
| |
65 years and over
|
121
|
44.2%
|
(3.4%)
|
14.8%
|
(0.2%)
| |
|
Race/ethnicity
|
White
|
223
|
80.1%
|
(3.2%)
|
73.8%
|
(1.1%)
|
0.022
|
| |
Black
|
55
|
19.1%
|
(3.2%)
|
22.7%
|
(1.1%)
| |
| |
Other
|
5
|
0.8%
|
**
|
3.5%
|
(0.3%)
| |
|
Payment source
|
Private insurance
|
104
|
36.4%
|
(3.3%)
|
37.0%
|
(0.5%)
|
<0.0001
|
| |
Medicare/Medicaid
|
148
|
55.6%
|
(3.1%)
|
41.6%
|
(0.5%)
| |
| |
Other
|
26
|
8.0%
|
**
|
21.5%
|
(0.4%)
| |
|
Region
|
Northeast
|
55
|
17.4%
|
(3.4%)
|
19.0%
|
(1.7%)
|
0.021
|
| |
Midwest
|
85
|
29.9%
|
(4.6%)
|
22.9%
|
(2.4%)
| |
| |
South
|
81
|
29.0%
|
(5.3%)
|
39.8%
|
(2.7%)
| |
| |
West
|
62
|
23.8%
|
(4.6%)
|
18.3%
|
(1.9%)
| |
|
Hemodynamics
|
Unstable
|
71
|
24.9%
|
(3.5%)
|
24.7%
|
(0.3%)
|
0.96
|
| |
Stable
|
203
|
75.1%
|
(3.5%)
|
75.3%
|
(0.3%)
| |
|
CT or MRI
|
Yes
|
154
|
57.7%
|
(4.0%)
|
11.6%
|
(0.3%)
|
<0.0001
|
| |
No
|
129
|
42.3%
|
(4.0%)
|
88.4%
|
(0.3%)
| |
|
Disposition
|
Admission/Transfer
|
233
|
86.3%
|
(2.7%)
|
14.7%
|
(0.3%)
|
<0.0001
|
|
Other
|
43
|
10.4%
|
(2.0%)
|
85.1%
|
(0.3%)
| |
| |
Death on Arrival/in ED
|
7
|
3.4%
|
**
|
0.2%
|
(0.01%)
| |
|
MSA
|
MSA
|
243
|
85.5%
|
(4.5%)
|
83.4%
|
(3.3%)
|
0.57
|
| |
Non-MSA
|
40
|
14.5%
|
(4.5%)
|
16.6%
|
(3.3%)
| |
- **Indicates insufficient observations to generate reliable confidence intervals. ED = emergency department; No. = number; Obs. = observations; CT = computed tomography; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- Summary of demographic, clinical and hospital data for visits with a diagnosis of PE and all other ED visits for comparison.
