Table 2.

Characteristics of Patients Eligible for AWVs at Baseline and 8 Months Post-Intervention Implementation, Overall and by AWV Completion in the past 12 Months

Baseline8 Months Post-Implementation
CharacteristicAll PatientsN = 1513AWV Not Completed, n = 1406AWV Completed, n = 107p-Value for comparison of those with and without AWVsAll Patients (n = 1167)AWV Not Completed, n = 537AWV Completed, n = 630p-Value for comparison of those with and without AWVs
Age, mean (S.D.)*71.5 (11.3)71.3 (11.5)73.6 (8.1)0.0572.5 (11.1)71.0 (12.3)73.7 (9.8)0.001
Gender, n (%)0.0050.81
Women864 (57.1)789 (56.1)75 (70.1)648 (55.5)296 (55.1)353 (55.9)
Men649 (42.9)617 (43.9)32 (29.9)519 (44.5)241 (44.9)278 (44.1)
Race, n (%)1.000.47
White1101 (93.1)1014 (93.0)87 (93.5)867 (94.4)393 (95.2)474 (93.9)
Non-White (Asian, Black, Hispanic, other)82 (6.9)76 (7.0)6 (6.5)51 (5.6)20 (4.8)31 (6.1)
Type of Medicare insurance, n (%)*0.040.75
Fee-for-service Medicare1344 (88.8)1256 (98.5)88 (37.0)1073 (91.9)492 (91.6)581 (92.2)
Medicare Advantage169 (11.2)19 (1.5)150 (63.0)94 (8.1)45 (8.4)49 (7.8)
Medicaid insurance, n (%)199 (13.2)189 (13.4)10 (9.3)0.30159 (13.6)84 (15.6)75 (11.9)0.07
  • Abbreviation: AWV, medicare annual wellness visit, S.D., standard deviation.

  • *P < .01 for the comparison of patient characteristics at Baseline and 8-month post-implementation.

  • Race was unknown or declined by 330 (21.8%) patients at baseline and by 249 (21.3%) 8 months post-implementation.