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 |