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Table 2 Comparison of Enrollee Profiles between Insurance Types

From: The relationship between insurance and health outcomes of diabetes mellitus patients in Maryland: a retrospective archival record study

 

Medicare

Private

P-value

Medicare FFS

Medicare MC

P-value

Private FFS

Private MC

P-value

Hospitals> 400 beds (%)

32.8

35.1

0.01

31.8

47.3

<.001

35.8

33.9

0.33

Teach hospital (%)

35.3

37.3

0.03

33.9

55.2

<.001

37.8

36.4

0.47

Age (years)

77.22

72.07

<.001

77.25

76.72

<.001

71.95

72.28

0.22

Male (%)

43.23

57.2

<.001

43.5

39.2

<.001

59.1

53.6

<.01

Married (%)

43.53

63.02

<.001

44.3

32.8

<.001

64.8

59.6

<.01

Smoking (%)

14.62

15.55

0.17

14.58

15.17

0.40

16.10

14.53

0.29

Asthma (%)

16.05

15.28

0.29

15.98

17.03

0.15

15.06

15.70

0.67

TB (%)

8.31

8.92

0.24

8.27

8.81

0.33

9.40

8.04

0.22

Depression (%)

10.31

8.99

0.02

10.33

10.05

0.67

9.35

8.33

0.38

Obesity (%)

25.28

26.71

0.09

25.25

25.66

0.63

26.22

27.62

0.43

White (%)

63.32

62.95

0.68

64.8

42.4

<.001

64.3

60.4

0.03

Black (%)

32.41

29.99

<.01

30.8

54.5

<.001

29.1

31.6

0.17

Income ($)

69,774

74,624

<.001

70,624

58,067

<.001

72,776

78,049

<.001

Urban (%)

60.69

56.6

<.001

59.3

79.3

<.001

57.8

54.2

0.06

Environmental Hazard (%)

0.34

0.30

0.78

0.31

0.41

0.34

0.28

0.35

0.38

LOS (days)

4.47

4.12

<.001

4.47

4.51

0.67

4.15

4.05

0.51

ESRD (%)

5.2

3.5

<.001

5.2

5.4

0.63

3.5

3.5

0.99

30-day Readmit (%)

15.9

13.4

<.001

16.0

14.3

0.02

14.3

11.6

0.04

n

40,561

2958

 

37,825

2736

 

1926

1032

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