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Table 1 Study population characteristics

From: Evidence of non-response bias in the Press-Ganey patient satisfaction survey

 

All subjects

N = 16779

Variable

 

N (%)

Gender

F

8872 (52.9)

M

7907 (47.1)

Insurance category

Medicaid/Self/Other

1773 (10.6)

Medicare

3863 (23.0)

Missing

213 (1.3)

Private

10,107 (60.2)

Workers compensation

823 (4.9)

Subspecialtya

Foot and ankle

2039 (12.2)

Hand

2367 (14.1)

Joints

1240 (7.4)

Non-operative

5995 (35.7)

Spine

1080 (6.4)

Sports

2738 (16.3)

Trauma

1069 (6.4)

New patient visit

N

7054 (42.0)

Y

9725 (58.0)

Age

  

Mean ± SD

 

49.8 ± 17.8

Median (IQR)

 

51 (35–63)

Range

 

18–99+

Age

18–29

2838 (16.9)

30–49

5040 (30.0)

50–64

5086 (30.3)

> = 65

3815 (22.7)

Distance from Clinica

<50 miles

14,009 (83.5)

> = 50 miles

2764 (16.5)

  1. aSix patients were missing data regarding distance from clinic (all non-responders) and 251 were missing sub-specialty (226 from non-responders, 25 from responders)