Table 1 Patient characteristics
Characteristic | Classification | N (%)a |
|---|---|---|
Age | < 6 | 15 (9.4) |
6–12 | 65 (40.9) | |
≥ 13 | 76 (47.8) | |
Ethnicity | White | 136 (85.5) |
Non-white | 21 (13.2) | |
Insurance | Private | 113 (71.1) |
Public | 43 (27.0) | |
None | 1 (0.6) | |
Primary diagnosis | Juvenile idiopathic arthritis | 90 (56.6) |
Not yet determined | 26 (16.4) | |
Other | 10 (6.3) | |
Juvenile dermatomyositis | 7 (4.4) | |
Uveitis/iritis | 6 (3.8) | |
Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis | 4 (2.5) | |
Spondyloarthropathy | 3 (1.9) | |
Systemic lupus erythematosus | 3 (1.9) | |
Mixed connective tissue disease | 3 (1.9) | |
Periodic fever | 2 (1.3) | |
Psoriasis | 1 (0.6) | |
Reactive arthritis | 1 (0.6) | |
Behcet’s disease | 1 (0.6) | |
Amplified musculoskeletal pain | 1 (0.6) | |
Travel time | ≤ 1 h | 76 (47.8) |
> 1 h - ≤ 3 h | 37 (23.3) | |
> 3 h - ≤ 6 h | 37 (23.3) | |
> 6 h | 8 (5.0) |