Opioid Prescription Patterns for Discharged Patients from the Emergency Department

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Characteristics	Classification	Percent of patients (n = 2259)
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