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Figures
- Figure 1.
COVID-19 Hotline Patient Flow.
- Figure 2.
COVID-19 Cases (Hotline and Cuyahoga County) and Hospitalizations (County). COVID line calls are derived from electronic health record data. Cuyahoga County case and hospitalization data were provided by the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and are available at https://www.ccbh.net/coronavirus/.
Tables
Characteristic All RN Triage Line only COVID-19 MD Line Individuals 10,208 5995 4213 Mean age, years 41.9 41.9 42.0 Female, % 67.4 66.8 68.3 Smoking status, % 20.3 20.3 20.3 Current smoker 28.0 29.3 26.1 Former smoker 44.8 44.5 45.3 Never-smoker 6.9 5.9 8.3 Unknown/not asked Race, % 51.2 47.8 56.0 White 38.0 41.9 32.5 Black 5.3 5.4 5.3 Hispanic 5.5 4.9 6.2 Other/unknown Insurance, % 37.0 31.7 44.1 Commercial 16.7 19.5 12.9 Medicare 35.2 39.3 29.6 Medicaid 10.6 8.7 13.1 Uninsured other 0.6 0.8 0.3 Note: 96 patients had a COVID line call without a prior registered nurse triage call.
- Table 2.
Logistic Regression Results for Patient Characteristics Associated with (1), Emergency Department Visit (2), Coronavirus 2019 Hospitalization (3), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing, and (4) Positive Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Polymerase Chain Reaction Test
Variables ED VisitN = 2569, c = 0.65 HospitalizationN = 2569, c = 0.77 SARS-CoV-2 Testn = 2569, c = 0.76 Positive SARS-CoV-2N = 249, c = 0.67 Parameter Odds Ratio 95% CI P Odds Ratio 95% CI P Odds Ratio 95% CI P Odds Ratio 95% CI P Age (per 10 years) 1.14 0.95-1.37 .15 1.09 0.77-1.54 .62 1.13 1.03-1.24 .01 1.47 1.10-1.96 .01 Sex (female) Male 1.29 0.72-2.22 .42 0.70 0.22-2.25 .55 1.20 0.88-1.62 .24 1.40 0.68-2.93 .36 Race NH white NH black 1.03 0.56-1.87 .93 0.85 0.28-2.60 .77 0.84 0.61-1.15 .28 1.68 0.78-3.62 .19 Hispanic 1.57 0.59-4.19 .36 1.19 0.14-9.80 .87 0.61 0.30-1.27 .19 0.68 0.08-6.01 .73 Other 0.93 0.28-3.14 .90 1.17 0.14-9.67 .88 1.28 0.75-2.17 .36 0.66 0.16-2.66 .56 Insurance type (commercial) Medicaid 0.86 0.38-1.95 .72 2.71 0.27-27.24 .40 0.97 0.60-1.56 .90 2.62 0.79-8.74 .12 Medicare 1.18 0.47-3.00 .72 4.98 0.48 to 51.63 .18 1.11 0.63-1.94 .72 0.56 0.12-2.61 .46 Employee 1.55 0.69-3.46 .29 11.45 1.35 to 96.95 .02 7.13 4.82-10.54 < .01 1.35 0.49-3.75 .56 Uninsured 1.76 0.74-4.22 .20 4.26 0.38 to 47.79 .23 1.15 0.68-1.96 .60 1.55 0.38-6.34 .54 COVID-19 line disposition (other) Stay at home 1.95 0.91-4.21 .09 0.77 0.23-2.54 .66 1.90 1.29-2.78 < .01 1.08 0.40-2.87 .89 High risk 4.73 1.37-16.39 .01 7.77 1.61-37.50 .01 8.78 4.39-17.53 < .01 0.48 0.07-3.14 .44 Smoking (never, unknown) Current 0.67 0.32-1.40 .29 0.76 0.15-3.78 .73 0.41 0.26-0.65 < .01 0.53 0.14-2.03 .36 Former 0.70 0.36-1.36 .29 1.46 0.47-4.56 .52 0.65 0.46-0.92 .02 0.70 0.29-1.69 .42 ED, emergency department; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus; NH, non-Hispanic; COVID-19, coronavirus 2019; CI, confidence interval.
