The Psychogeriatric Patient in the Emergency Room: Focus on Management and Disposition
Table 3
(a) Race and gender differences in provision of psychiatry consultation in the ER. (b) Diagnosis based differences in provision of psychiatry consultation in the ER.
(a)
Psychiatry consultation
Race
value
Gender
value
Caucasian
Afr. Amer.
Female
Male
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
Obtained
18 (32.1)
7 (8.6)
0.03*
20 (21.5)
5 (11.4)
0.06
Not obtained
38 (67.9)
74 (91.2)
73 (78.5)
39 (88.6)
Total visits . Afri. Amer. = Indicates African American patients. * value = considered statistically significant if <0.05.
(b)
Psychiatry consultation
Delirium
Other psychiatric complaints
value
(%)
(%)
Obtained
2 (2.4)
26 (49.1)
<0.001*
Not obtained
83 (97.6)
27 (50.9)
Total visits . * value = considered statistically significant if <0.05.
