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- Table 1.
Average Monthly Demographic Characteristics of the Referred Patients by Clinic Group
P Overall High Medium Low High v Medium Medium v Low High v Low Monthly referrals 198 362 146 83 Monthly visits 973 1304 723 855 Monthly referral rate 20.3% 27.8% 20.2% 9.9% <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 Avg encounter length (minutes) 64.9 (23.1) 69.3 (22.9) 64.0 (25.6) 61.0 (19.6) 0.927 0.967 0.881 Age of patients 18 to 44 65 (32.7%) 120 (33.2%) 48 (33.2%) 26 (31.6%) 0.999 0.925 0.422 45 to 64 91 (45.7%) 165 (45.5%) 65 (44.4%) 39 (47.5%) 0.906 0.824 0.641 65+ 43 (21.6%) 77 (21.3%) 33 (22.4%) 17 (20.9%) 0.833 0.836 0.645 Gender Female 124 (62.8%) 231 (63.9%) 95 (65.0%) 49 (59.4%) 0.869 0.444 <0.001 Male 74 (37.2%) 131 (36.1%) 51 (35.0%) 34 (40.6%) Race/ethnicity Non-Hispanic White 117 (59.3%) 156 (43.0%) 84 (57.2%) 66 (79.2%) 0.004 0.001 <0.001 Non-Hispanic Black 58 (29.5%) 171 (47.3%) 37 (25.2%) 12 (14.1%) <0.001 0.078 <0.001 Hispanic 12 (6.0%) 21 (5.8%) 14 (9.3%) 2 (2.9%) 0.183 0.075 0.247 Other 11 (5.3%) 14 (3.9%) 12 (8.3%) 3 (3.8%) 0.073 0.282 0.999 Marital status Committed relationship 86 (43.6%) 125 (34.6%) 65 (44.3%) 44 (53.3%) 0.029 0.272 0.022 No committed relationship 112 (56.4%) 240 (66.4%) 81 (55.7%) 39 (46.7%) Payer type Medicaid 47 (23.8%) 118 (32.6%) 35 (23.6%) 12 (14.3%) 0.070 0.123 <0.001 Medicare 56 (28.4%) 110 (30.5%) 38 (25.9%) 24 (28.7%) 0.384 0.750 0.481 Charity 2 (0.9%) 9 (2.6%) <1 (<0.1%) <1 (<0.1%) 0.332 0.999 0.674 Self-pay 8 (3.9%) 12 (3.4%) 6 (3.8%) 4 (4.4%) 0.862 0.999 0.873 - Table 2.
Average Monthly Demographic Characteristics of the Total Patient Population of Clinics by Clinic Group
Group Overall P* High P* Medium P* Low P* Monthly visits 973 1304 723 855 Age 18 to 44 414 (42.5%) 0.014 565 (43.3%) 0.001 340 (47.0%) 0.002 318 (37.2%) 0.347 45 to 64 338 (34.8%) 0.004 455 (34.9%) <0.001 241 (33.3%) 0.013 307 (35.9%) 0.060 65+ 221 (22.7%) 0.832 284 (21.8%) 0.892 142 (19.7%) 0.483 230 (26.9%) 0.256 Gender Female 595 (61.2%) 0.758 825 (63.3%) 0.898 447 (61.8%) 0.520 494 (57.8%) 0.916 Male 378 (38.8%) 479 (36.7%) 276 (38.2%) 361 (42.2%) Race/ethnicity Non-Hispanic White 607 (62.4%) 0.430 549 (42.1%) 0.781 463 (64.0%) 0.164 741 (86.7%) 0.104 Non-Hispanic Black 254 (26.1%) 0.403 616 (47.2%) 0.999 135 (18.7%) 0.083 63 (7.4%) 0.039 Hispanic 45 (4.6%) 0.499 60 (4.6%) 0.423 50 (6.9%) 0.340 18 (2.1%) 0.999 Other 67 (6.9%) 0.598 78 (6.0%) 0.153 75 (10.4%) 0.522 34 (4.0%) 0.999 Marital status Committed relationship 429 (44.1%) 0.928 425 (32.6%) 0.738 349 (48.3%) 0.461 464 (54.3%) 0.917 No committed relationship 544 (55.9%) 879 (67.4%) 374 (51.7%) 391 (45.7%) Payer type Medicaid 165 (17.0%) 0.031 405 (31.1%) 0.621 66 (9.1%) <0.001 63 (7.4%) 0.039 Medicare 295 (30.3%) 0.628 396 (30.4%) 0.999 167 (23.1%) 0.513 328 (38.4%) 0.115 Charity 16 (1.6%) 0.731 22 (1.7%) 0.438 13 (1.8%) 0.539 11 (1.3%) 0.999 Self-pay 68 (7.0%) 0.169 152 (11.7%) <0.001 29 (4.0%) 0.99 37 (4.3%) 0.999 ↵* P values represent comparisons between the proportion of patients referred versus the proportion of patients in the general clinic population.
Overall High Referral Medium Referral Low Referral 1. Gastroenterology (20.1)
1. PMR (36.9)
1. Gastroenterology (14.1)
1. Gastroenterology (13.9)
2. PMR (15.6)
2. Gastroenterology (34.6)
2. PMR (11.1)
2. Surgery (6.7)
3. Surgery (13.0)
3. Ophthalmology (29.6)
3. Surgery (10.4)
3. Cardiology (6.1)
4. Ophthalmology (12.2)
4. Surgery (24.1)
4. Obstetrics and gynecology (10.4)
4. Neurology (6.0)
5. Obstetrics and gynecology (12.1)
5. Obstetrics and gynecology (22.3)
5. Ophthalmology (7.6)
5. Obstetrics and gynecology (5.4)
6. Neurology (9.7)
6. Neurology (18.0)
6. Otolaryngology (7.2)
6. Otolaryngology (4.3)
7. Cardiology (9.6)
7. Cardiology (17.7)
7. Neurology (7.2)
7. Dermatology (4.1)
8. Otolaryngology (7.8)
8. Mental health (24.1)
8. Cardiology (7.1)
8. Urology (3.2)
9. Dermatology (7.7)
9. Otolaryngology (14.8)
9. Dermatology (7.0)
9. PMR (2.9)
10. Mental health (6.6)
10. Dermatology (14.5)
10. Diabetes/endocrine (5.7)
10. Diabetes/endocrine (2.7) PMR, physical medicine and rehabilitation (includes rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation, and physical medicine and rehabilitation).
