Research Article
Coexistence of Substance Abuse among Emergency Department Patients Presenting with Suicidal Ideation
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) for suicidality.
| Characteristic | (%) |
| Total | 427 | Gender | | Male | 228 (53) | Female | 199 (47) | Age (years) | | Average | 34 | Range | 13–84 | Payor type | | Medicare | 59 (14) | Medicaid | 216 (51) | Private | 142 (33) | Self-pay | 6 (1.1) | Uninsured | 3 (0.7) | Other | 1 (0.2) | Coexisting substance abuse | | Yes | 250 (59) | No | 177 (41) | Underlying psychiatric diagnosis | | Yes | 392 (92) | No | 35 (8) | ED disposition | | Admit | 253 (59) | Discharge | 173 (40) | Eloped | 1 (1) |
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