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Table 1 Patient and provider characteristics at the primary care office visit

From: Workflow standardization of a novel team care model to improve chronic care: a quasi-experimental study

 

Champion Intervention Clinic Patients (n = 3156)

Usual Care Clinic Patients (n = 8034)

P Value

Problem List diagnoses (n = 11,190)

 Hypertension Only, # (%)

1,257

39.83

4,413

54.93

<0.001

 Diabetes Only, # (%)

609

19.30

573

7.13

 Hypertension & Diabetes, # (%)

894

28.33

1,870

23.28

 Hypertension & Depression, # (%)

181

5.74

680

8.46

 Diabetes & Depression, # (%)

59

1.87

141

1.76

 Hypertension & Diabetes & Depression, # (%)

156

4.94

357

4.44

Patient characteristics (n = 11,190)

 Female, # (%)

1,403

44.46

4,002

49.81

<0.001

 Age, years, mean (SD)

56.82

0.22

61.89

0.15

<0.001

 Race/Ethnicity, # (%)

  White

685

21.70

3,802

47.32

<0.001

  Asian

1,176

37.26

2,507

31.20

  Hispanic

259

8.21

720

8.96

  Other

677

21.45

907

11.29

  Unknown

359

11.38

98

1.22

Insurance, # (%)

  PPO

1,845

58.46

3,673

45.72

<0.001

  HMO

580

18.38

992

12.35

  Medicaid

12

0.38

112

1.39

  Medicare FFS

613

19.42

2,484

30.92

  Medicare HMO

86

2.72

714

8.89

  Self

19

0.60

59

0.73

  Other

1

0.03

0

0.00

 Charlson Comorbidity Score, mean (SD)

1.21

0.02

1.18

0.02

0.37

Physician characteristics (n = 75)

 Female, # (%)

27

71.05

24

64.86

0.57

 Specialty, # (%)

  Family Medicine

23

60.53

14

37.84

<0.001

  Internal Medicine

15

39.47

23

62.16

Patient panel characteristics (n = 75)

 % Female, # (%)

55.54

3.96

55.47

3.53

0.99

 Age, yrs,, mean (SD)

  % 18 ≤ Age < 35

28.38

1.48

23.87

2.27

0.10

  % 35 ≤ Age < 50

38.39

1.38

30.89

1.36

<0.001

  % 50 ≤ Age < 65

23.67

1.38

25.18

1.34

0.40

  % Age ≥ 65

9.56

0.83

20.06

2.38

<0.001

 Race/Ethnicity, mean (SD)

  % White

18.79

1.64

45.82

2.34

<0.001

  % Asian

38.05

1.80

31.62

2.45

0.04

  % Hispanic

6.58

0.54

7.86

0.78

0.18

  % Other

21.88

0.90

11.27

0.54

<0.001

  % Unknown

14.70

0.50

3.43

0.28

<0.001

 Insurance, mean (SD)

  % PPO

59.43

0.79

53.90

1.64

<0.001

  % HMO

14.31

0.48

11.97

0.41

<0.001

  % Medicaid

0.26

0.03

0.67

0.05

<0.001

  % Medicare FFS

6.88

0.56

12.57

1.43

<0.001

  % Medicare HMO

0.87

0.13

3.82

0.71

<0.001

  % Self

1.12

0.06

1.41

0.06

<0.01

  % Other

17.13

1.04

15.66

1.38

0.40

 Mean Charlson Comorbidity Score, mean (SD)

0.34

0.02

0.45

0.04

<0.001

 % Hypertension, mean (SD)

17.17

0.90

26.85

3.72

0.02

 % Diabetes, mean (SD)

7.12

0.41

8.89

1.46

0.25

 % Depression, mean (SD)

7.78

0.44

11.70

1.06

<0.001

 Mean Panel Size, mean (SD)

1,536.82

88.02

1,800.35

126.96

0.09

  1. Chi-square or t-tests were used as appropriate. P value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. PPO Preferred Provider Organization, HMO Health Maintenance Organization, FFS Fee for service