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Table 3 Patient demographics

From: Integrating substance use peer support and screening brief intervention and referral to treatment services in the emergency department: a descriptive study of the ED leads program

 

Brooklyn hospital 1

Queens hospital 1

Queens hospital 2

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Emergency department admissions

29,157

 

31,396

 

32,746

 

93,299

 

Total patients approached

783

 

644

 

358

 

1785

 

Sex

 Female

140

18

114

18

93

26

347

19

 Male

643

82

530

82

265

74

1438

81

Age (M ± SD)

46 ± 12.6

 

43 ± 13.2

 

46 ± 12.9

 

45 ± 13

 

Race

 American Indian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

6

1

2

0

1

0

9

1

 Asian

18

2

45

7

18

5

81

5

 Black

115

15

65

10

115

32

295

17

 Other

189

24

402

62

170

47

761

43

 Unknown

11

1

23

4

25

7

59

3

 White

436

56

107

17

29

8

572

32

Ethnicity

 Hispanic

162

21

354

55

68

19

584

33

 Non-Hispanic

545

70

233

36

242

68

1020

57

 Unknown

76

10

57

9

48

13

181

10

Insurance

 Commercial

173

22

63

10

96

27

332

19

 Medicaid

507

65

393

61

162

45

1062

59

 Medicare

70

9

38

6

31

9

139

8

 Other

4

1

8

1

6

2

18

1

 Uninsured/self pay

0

0

142

22

0

0

142

8

Diagnoses

 AUDa

330

42

344

53

127

35

801

45

 Other SUDb

0

0

3

0

0

0

3

0

 OUDc

51

7

12

2

11

3

74

4

 Poly SUD

300

38

80

12

68

19

448

25

 Unknown

102

13

205

32

152

42

459

26

  1. aAlcohol use disorder
  2. bSubstance use disorder
  3. cOpioid use disorder