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Table 2 Adults with active cancer presenting to the emergency department characteristics by admission quartiles

From: Variables associated with admission rates among cancer patients presenting to emergency departments: a CONCERN group study

Variable

Level

Total (n = 1075)

Q1

21.2–37.7% (n = 254)

Q2

47.1–55.7% (n = 158)

Q3

60.0–64.7% (n = 350)

Q4

69.0–81.7% (n = 313)

Main effects

p-valuea

Age

Median (IQR) (min, max)

Missing = 1

63.5 (54, 71) (19, 90)

Missing = 1

61 (50, 71) (19, 90)

Missing = 0

62 (53, 69) (24, 89)

Missing = 0

65 (54, 72) (22, 90)

Missing = 0

65 (57, 73) (23, 90)

0.381

Gender

 

Female

553 (51%)

137 (54%)

84 (53%)

171 (49%)

161 (51%)

0.078

Male

511 (48%)

110 (43%)

74 (47%)

178 (51%)

149 (48%)

 

Unspecified

4 (0%)

3 (1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (0%)

 

Missing

7 (1%)

4 (2%)

0 (0%)

1 (0%)

2 (1%)

 

Race

White

847 (84%)

193 (83%)

104 (74%)

279 (83%)

271 (88%)

0.017

Black/African American

129 (13%)

23 (10%)

31 (22%)

42 (13%)

33 (11%)

 

Other

38 (4%)

14 (6%)

5 (4%)

14 (4%)

5 (2%)

 

Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino

76 (7%)

24 (10%)

18 (11%)

29 (8%)

5 (2%)

0.080

Not Hispanic or Latino

977 (93%)

220 (90%)

138 (85%)

315 (92%)

304 (98%)

 

Marital status

 

Divorced or separated

153 (14%)

34 (14%)

24 (15%)

49 (14%)

46 (15%)

0.329b

Married/domestic partnership

639 (60%)

146 (58%)

88 (56%)

210 (60%)

195 (63%)

 

Never married

151 (14%)

45 (18%)

28 (18%)

47 (13%)

31 (10%)

 

Refused

2 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

1 (0%)

 

Widowed

123 (11%)

25 (10%)

17 (11%)

43 (12%)

38 (12%)

 

Missing

7 (1%)

4 (2%)

0 (0%)

1 (0%)

2 (1%)

 

Education

Not a high school graduate

85 (8%)

14 (6%)

18 (12%)

35 (10%)

18 (6%)

 < 0.001b

 

High school graduate (including equivalency)

270 (26%)

43 (17%)

48 (31%)

102 (30%)

77 (25%)

 

Some college or associates degree

283 (27%)

56 (22%)

40 (26%)

83 (24%)

104 (34%)

 

Bachelor’s degree

225 (21%)

68 (27%)

32 (20%)

65 (19%)

60 (20%)

 

Graduate or professional degree

195 (18%)

69 (28%)

19 (12%)

61 (18%)

46 (15%)

 

ED arrival day

 

Sun-Thurs

841 (78%)

184 (72%)

127 (80%)

279 (80%)

251 (80%)

 

Fri-Sat

209 (19%)

55 (22%)

31 (20%)

67 (19%)

56 (18%)

 

Missing

25 (2%)

15 (6%)

0 (0%)

4 (1%)

6 (2%)

0.924

Mode of arrival

 

Ground ambulance/aeromedical

244 (23%)

52 (20%)

30 (19%)

95 (27%)

67 (21%)

 

Other

227 (21%)

83 (33%)

29 (18%)

99 (28%)

16 (5%)

 

Private vehicle

475 (44%)

69 (27%)

77 (49%)

111 (32%)

218 (70%)

 

Unknown/not documented

118 (11%)

42 (17%)

22 (14%)

44 (13%)

10 (3%)

 

Missing

11 (1%)

8 (3%)

0 (0%)

1 (0%)

2 (1%)

 < 0.001b

Emergency severity index (ESI) score at presentation

 

1—most urgent

10 (1%)

1 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (0%)

8 (3%)

 

2—emergent

430 (40%)

27 (11%)

51 (32%)

157 (45%)

195 (62%)

 

3—urgent

542 (50%)

158 (62%)

103 (65%)

180 (51%)

101 (32%)

 

4—less urgent

20 (2%)

6 (2%)

3 (2%)

9 (3%)

2 (1%)

 

5—nonurgent

6 (1%)

4 (2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (1%)

 

Not documented

46 (4%)

42 (17%)

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

1 (0%)

 

Other—ESI not used

10 (1%)

8 (3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (1%)

 

Missing

11 (1%)

8 (3%)

0 (0%)

1 (0%)

2 (1%)

c

ECOG

 

0 (ECOG 0 or 1)

626 (58%)

156 (61%)

85 (54%)

208 (59%)

177 (57%)

 

1 (ECOG 2–4)

433 (40%)

91 (36%)

73 (46%)

140 (40%)

129 (41%)

 

Missing

16 (1%)

7 (3%)

0 (0%)

2 (1%)

7 (2%)

0.313

Functional status

 

Fully active, able to carry on all pre-disease performance without restriction

302 (28%)

86 (34%)

32 (20%)

106 (30%)

78 (25%)

 

Restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory and able to carry out work of a light or sedentary nature

324 (30%)

70 (28%)

53 (34%)

102 (29%)

99 (32%)

 

Ambulatory and capable of all self-care but unable to carry out any work activities. Up and about > 50% of waking hours

202 (19%)

49 (19%)

41 (26%)

57 (16%)

55 (18%)

 

Capable of only limited self-care, confined to bed or chair more than 50% of waking hours

199 (19%)

32 (13%)

32 (20%)

70 (20%)

65 (21%)

 

Completely disabled. Cannot carry on any self-care. Totally confined to bed or chair

32 (3%)

10 (4%)

0 (0%)

13 (4%)

9 (3%)

 

Missing

16 (1%)

7 (3%)

0 (0%)

2 (1%)

7 (2%)

0.236

  1. aTest of any difference between quartiles across levels of a variable
  2. bCluster factor not included in model
  3. cUnable to be calculated due to missing data
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