Implementation of After-Hours Nurse Line in an Academic Pediatric Endocrinology Practice

Table 1

Demographics of after-hours service utilization.

Effect		Utilized call service?					p
		No		Yes
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age, y		15.05	3.50	13.27	4.23		<0.001
Diabetes duration, y		4.76	4.11	4.23	3.52		<0.001
HbA1c, %		8.47	2.30	8.58	2.06		NS
		N (%)		N (%)		Total
Language
English		2031 (83%)		1015 (92%)		3046	<0.001
Spanish		398 (16%)		83 (8%)		481
Other		19 (1%)		8 (1%)		27
Insurance
Noncommercial		1108 (45%)		610 (55%)		1718	<0.001
Commercial		1340 (55%)		496 (45%)		1836
Race–ethnicity
White		875 (36%)		512 (46%)		1387	<0.001
Hispanic		844 (34%)		263 (24%)		1107
Black		552 (23%)		243 (22%)		795
Other		177 (7%)		88 (8%)		265
Pump?
No		1988 (81%)		774 (70%)		2762	<0.001
Yes		460 (19%)		332 (30%)		792
CGM?
No		1398 (57%)		396 (36%)		1794	<0.001
Yes		1050 (42%)		710 (64%)		1760