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.