Description of low-risk pediatric distal radius fracture cohort, stratified by outcome of interest, no follow-up
| Predictor of interest | No. (%)* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No follow-up n = 14 742 (20.8%) | Other treatment n = 56 059 (79.2%) | Total n = 70 801 (100.0%) | |
| Patient sex | |||
| Male | 8775 (20.2) | 34 713 (79.8) | 43 488 (61.4) |
| Female | 5967 (21.8) | 21 346 (78.2) | 27 313 (38.6) |
| Patient age at diagnosis, mean ± SD | 9.22 ± 3.2 | 9.25 ± 3.2 | 9.24 ± 3.2 |
| Patient deprivation quintile | |||
| 1 (least marginalized) | 3733 (19.5) | 15 408 (80.5) | 19 141 (27.0) |
| 2 | 3162 (20.5) | 12 228 (79.5) | 15 390 (21.7) |
| 3 | 2856 (21.8) | 10 258 (78.2) | 13 114 (18.5) |
| 4 | 2578 (22.3) | 8974 (77.7) | 11 552 (16.3) |
| 5 (most marginalized) | 2413 (20.8) | 9191 (79.2) | 11 604 (16.4) |
| Rural patient residence | |||
| Yes | 2689 (34.4) | 5135 (65.6) | 7824 (11.1) |
| No | 12 053 (19.1) | 50 924 (80.9) | 62 977 (88.9) |
| Rural emergency department | |||
| Yes | 2135 (38.2) | 3458 (61.8) | 5593 (7.9) |
| No | 12 607 (19.3) | 52 601 (80.7) | 65 208 (92.1) |
| Hospital type | |||
| Pediatric | 1362 (24.1) | 4298 (75.9) | 5660 (8.0) |
| Teaching | 1274 (17.8) | 5880 (82.2) | 7154 (10.1) |
| Community | 10 394 (19.3) | 43 495 (80.7) | 53 889 (76.1) |
| Small | 1712 (41.8) | 2386 (58.2) | 4098 (5.8) |
| Physician year of medical graduation | |||
| Before 2002 | 12 012 (21.2) | 44 637 (78.8) | 56 649 (80.0) |
| After 2002 | 2730 (19.3) | 11 422 (80.7) | 14 152 (20.0) |
| Physician specialty | |||
| Emergency medicine residency trained | 1103 (18.0) | 5022 (82.0) | 6125 (8.7) |
| Family medicine + emergency medicine certification | 5894 (18.9) | 25 276 (81.1) | 31 170 (44.0) |
| Family or general practitioner | 6130 (23.1) | 20 450 (76.9) | 26 580 (37.5) |
| Pediatrician | 984 (21.7) | 3559 (78.3) | 4543 (6.4) |
| Pediatric emergency medicine subspecialty | 522 (32.4) | 1090 (67.6) | 1612 (2.3) |
| Orthopedic surgery | 109 (14.1) | 662 (85.9) | 771 (1.1) |
| Fiscal year | |||
| 2003 | 429 (18.1) | 1939 (81.9) | 2368 (3.3) |
| 2004 | 1187 (18.9) | 5089 (81.1) | 6276 (8.9) |
| 2005 | 1174 (19.5) | 4854 (80.5) | 6028 (8.5) |
| 2006 | 1222 (21.2) | 4552 (78.8) | 5774 (8.2) |
| 2007 | 1167 (20.4) | 4561 (79.6) | 5728 (8.1) |
| 2008 | 1136 (20.4) | 4439 (79.6) | 5575 (7.9) |
| 2009 | 1160 (20.6) | 4464 (79.4) | 5624 (7.9) |
| 2010 | 1208 (21.7) | 4352 (78.3) | 5560 (7.9) |
| 2011 | 1263 (22.2) | 4414 (77.8) | 5677 (8.0) |
| 2012 | 1238 (23.0) | 4152 (77.0) | 5390 (7.6) |
| 2013 | 1262 (22.2) | 4412 (77.8) | 5674 (8.0) |
| 2014 | 1261 (21.8) | 4522 (78.2) | 5783 (8.2) |
| 2015 | 1035 (19.4) | 4309 (80.6) | 5344 (7.5) |
Note: SD = standard deviation.
↵* Unless stated otherwise.