Research Article
Opioid Prescription Patterns for Discharged Patients from the Emergency Department
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| Characteristics | Classification | Percent of patients (nā=ā2259) |
| Age, years (mean) | 44.86 | Race | Asian | 9.3 | American Indian or Alaska native | 0.1 | Black or African American | 4.5 | Multi-race | 1.7 | Native Hawaiian or pacific Islander | 0.4 | Other races | 11.0 | White | 73.0 |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic | 44.5 | Non-Hispanic | 54.3 | Unknown | 1.2 |
| Insurance type | Commercial | 22.7 | Medicaid | 45.3 | Medicare | 15.8 | Other | 2.2 | Other public | 6.4 | Self pay | 7.6 |
| Gender | Male | 49.3 | Female | 50.7 |
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