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Table 1 Patient Demographics by Insurance Type, 2012–2017 (N = 4955)

From: Influence of insurance type on rate and type of initial concussion-related medical visits among youth

Characteristic

Private Insurance

(n = 3442)

Public Insurance

(n = 742)

Other

(n = 771)

P Valuea

Sex, No. (%)

   

< 0.0001

 Male

2004 (58.2)

514 (69.3)

462 (59.9)

 

 Female

1438 (41.8)

228 (30.7)

309 (40.1)

 

Age, No. (%), y

   

< 0.05

 10–13

1365 (39.7)

310 (41.8)

309 (40.1)

 

 14–17

2077 (60.3)

432 (58.2)

462 (59.9)

 

Race, No. (%)

   

< 0.0001

 White

3003 (87.3)

434 (58.5)

550 (71.3)

 

 Black

217 (6.3)

203 (27.4)

133 (17.3)

 

 Multiple

148 (4.2)

64 (8.6)

70 (9.1)

 

 Other

46 (1.3)

9 (1.2)

8 (1.0)

 

 Unknown

28 (0.8)

32 (4.3)

10 (1.3)

 

Ethnicity, No. (%)

   

< 0.0001

 Non-Hispanic

3306 (96.1)

675 (91.0)

713 (94.8)

 

 Hispanic

12 (0.4)

35 (4.7)

13 (1.7)

 

 Unknown

124 (3.6)

32 (4.3)

27 (3.5)

 

Study Year, No. (%)

   

< 0.0001c

 2012b

367 (10.7)

70 (9.4)

88 (11.4)

 

 2013

659 (19.1)

118 (15.9)

164 (21.3)

 

 2014

610 (17.7)

146 (19.7)

163 (21.1)

 

 2015

643 (18.7)

132 (17.8)

152 (19.7)

 

 2016

641 (18.6)

153 (20.6)

127 (16.5)

 

 2017

522 (15.2)

123 (16.6)

77 (10.0)

 
  1. a Based on chi-square tests of the distribution between insurance types
  2. b Quarter 3 and 4 only
  3. C.P-value was based on counts at the quarter level