Family, Parent, and Child Characteristics
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Parents/guardians (N = 166) | |
| Female | 131 (79) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 34 (20) |
| Married/engaged | 113 (68) |
| Separated/divorced | 16 (10) |
| Widowed/widower | 1 (<1) |
| Not reported | 2 (1) |
| Ethnicity/race | |
| White | 123 (74) |
| African American | 28 (17) |
| Hispanic | 2 (1) |
| Other | 13 (8) |
| Education | |
| GED/high school or less | 58 (35) |
| Associates degree or higher | 100 (60) |
| Not reported | 8 (5) |
| Employment status | |
| Full-time | 104 (63) |
| Part-time | 25 (15) |
| Unemployed | 34 (20) |
| Not reported | 3 (2) |
| Travel time to hospital, median (range), min | 35 (5–480) |
| Age, mean ± SD (range), y | 37.4 ± 9.2 (18–60) |
| Children (N = 166) | |
| Female | 77 (46) |
| Age, mean ± SD (range), y | 7.1 ± 6.3 (0.01–17) |
| Ethnicity/race | |
| White | 120 (72) |
| African American | 31 (19) |
| Hispanic | 1 (<1) |
| Other | 11 (7) |
| Information not available | 3 (2) |
| Medical history | |
| Healthy | 51 (31) |
| Underlying medical condition | 115 (69) |
| No. of previous admissions | |
| None | 57 (34) |
| 1–3 | 66 (40) |
| 4–10 | 24 (15) |
| >10 | 12 (7) |
| Not reported | 7 (4) |
| Admitting service | |
| Hospitalist | 100 (60) |
| Specialty servicea | 66 (40) |
| Unplanned admission | 136 (82) |
| Length of stay, mean ± SD (range), h | 83 ± 64 (34–634) |
Data are presented as n (%), unless indicated otherwise. GED, General Educational Development test.
↵a Did not include hematology/oncology or epilepsy services, which are housed in separate wings of the children’s hospital.