Breakdown of patient demographics and injury patterns by number of peer visits. Frequency (%) is based on the number of patients in a given column with available data
| 1 Peer visit (n=1334) (73%) | 2 Peer visits (n=326) (17.8%) | 3+ Peer visits (n=168) (9.2%) | P value* | |
| Demographics | ||||
| Age, years; mean (SD) | 46.6±18.7 | 45.3±18.6 | 41.2±17.1 | 0.002 |
| Male | 873 (65%) | 194 (60%) | 113 (68%) | 0.099 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Caucasian | 952 (72%) | 236 (73%) | 119 (72%) | 0.914 |
| African-American | 324 (25%) | 71 (22%) | 34 (21%) | 0.370 |
| Hispanic/other race | 49 (3.7%) | 16 (5%) | 13 (7.8%) | 0.040 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 624 (47%) | 153 (47%) | 82 (49%) | 0.882 |
| Married/significant other | 531 (40%) | 126 (39%) | 67 (40%) | 0.928 |
| Divorced | 111 (8.4%) | 32 (9.9%) | 12 (7.2%) | 0.554 |
| Widowed | 61 (4.6%) | 12 (3.7%) | 5 (3%) | 0.532 |
| Employment | ||||
| Employed | 546 (41%) | 140 (43%) | 82 (49%) | 0.139 |
| Not employed | 515 (39%) | 120 (37%) | 63 (38%) | 0.823 |
| Retired | 229 (17%) | 50 (16%) | 15 (9%) | 0.022 |
| Student | 36 (2.7%) | 13 (4%) | 6 (3.6%) | 0.430 |
| Insurance | ||||
| Medicare/Medicaid | 785 (59%) | 166 (51%) | 89 (54%) | 0.020 |
| Uninsured | 102 (7.7%) | 26 (8.0%) | 11 (6.6%) | 0.848 |
| BWC | 52 (3.9%) | 20 (6.2%) | 14 (8.4%) | 0.015 |
| Managed care/commercial | 386 (29%) | 111 (34%) | 52 (31%) | 0.189 |
| Injurycharacteristics | ||||
| Mechanism of injury | ||||
| Assault | 24 (1.8%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | – |
| ATV/dirt bike/snowmobile | 17 (1.3%) | 7 (2.2%) | 3 (1.8%) | 0.474 |
| Burn | 6 (0.5%) | 2 (0.6%) | 0 (0%) | – |
| Crush | 39 (2.9%) | 12 (3.7%) | 10 (6%) | 0.111 |
| Fall | 335 (25.2%) | 66 (20%) | 14 (8.4%) | <0.001 |
| Motor vehicle collision | 454 (34.2%) | 123 (38%) | 61 (37%) | 0.419 |
| Motorcycle collision | 154 (11.6%) | 53 (16%) | 39 (24%) | <0.001 |
| Other | 23 (1.7%) | 5 (1.5%) | 4 (2.4%) | 0.787 |
| Pedestrian struck | 76 (5.7%) | 16 (5%) | 12 (7.2%) | 0.577 |
| Penetrating (GSW/stab) | 167 (12.6%) | 32 (9.9%) | 21 (12.7%) | 0.397 |
| Sports related | 34 (2.6%) | 7 (2.2%) | 2 (1.2%) | 0.557 |
| Hospital LOS, days; mean (SD) | 9.2±9.6 | 13.5±11.3 | 23±17.7 | <0.001 |
*P values represent comparisons between all groups.
ATV, all-terrain vehicle; BWC, Bureau of Worker’s Compensation; GSW, gunshot wound; LOS, length of stay.