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Table 1 Bivariate analysis on ED visits or hospital admissions within 6 months after last scheduled primary care appointment

From: No-shows to primary care appointments: subsequent acute care utilization among diabetic patients

N = 8787

 

N (%)

ED visits in

Pvalue*

Hospital admissions

Pvalue*

   

6 months

 

in 6 months

 
   

mean (SD)

 

mean (SD)

 

Gender

Female

5268(59.9%)

0.43(1.16)

<0.0001

0.16(0.75)

0.03

 

Male

3519(40.1%)

0.36(1.09)

-

0.14(0.52)

-

Age

18–30

314(3.6%)

0.68(1.42)

<0.0001

0.13(0.49)

0.005

 

31–45

1676(19.1%)

0.56(1.56)

<0.0001

0.12(0.48)

<0.0001

 

46–70

5695(64.8%)

0.36(1.01)

0.28

0.15(0.73)

<0.0001

 

≥ 70

1102(12.5%)

0.33(0.80)

-

0.21(0.62)

-

Race

Black

3655(41.6%)

0.50(1.22)

<0.0001

0.17(0.65)

0.01

 

Other

782(8.9%)

0.28(0.98)

0.001

0.13(1.21)

0.11

 

Unknown

383(4.4%)

0.18(0.56)

<0.0001

0.08(0.45)

0.0004

 

White

3967(45.2%)

0.36(1.11)

-

0.15(0.54)

-

Insurance

Medicaid

779(8.9%)

0.74(1.88)

<0.0001

0.27(1.00)

<0.0001

 

Medicare

2746(31.3%)

0.41(1.03)

<0.0001

0.21(0.63)

<0.0001

 

Self-pay

471(5.4%)

0.47(1.49)

<0.0001

0.11(0.39)

0.04

 

County

2792(31.8%)

0.46(1.16)

<0.0001

0.13(0.78)

<0.0001

Tax-funded

      

Program

      
 

Commercial Insurance

1999(22.8%)

0.17(0.56)

-

0.08(0.35)

-

Cardiovascular

Yes

1313(14.9%)

0.53(1.30)

<0.0001

0.32(0.74)

<0.0001

 

No

7474(85.1%)

0.38(1.10)

-

0.13(0.65)

-

Nephropathy

Yes

526(6.0%)

0.63(1.43)

<0.0001

0.46(1.66)

<0.0001

 

No

8261(94.0%)

0.39(1.11)

-

0.13(0.54)

-

Charlson Score

1

6495(73.9%)

0.34(1.00)

<0.0001

0.10(0.50)

<0.0001

 

2

1497(17.0%)

0.53(1.46)

<0.0001

0.20(0.61)

<0.0001

 

3+

795(9.1%)

0.68(1.37)

-

0.47(1.44)

-

ED visits within 6 months prior to last scheduled primary care appointment

Yes

2584(29.4%)

0.86(1.75)

<0.0001

-+

-

 

No

6203(70.6%)

0.21(0.65)

-

-+

-

Hospital admissions within 6 months prior to last scheduled primary care appointment

Yes

1081(12.3%)

-+

-

0.58(1.52)

<0.0001

 

No

7706(87.7%)

-+

-

0.09(0.39)

-

No-show at last scheduled primary care appointment

Yes

1421(16.2%)

0.56(1.48)

<0.0001

0.22(0.83)

<0.0001

 

No

7366(83.8%)

0.38(1.05)

-

0.14(0.63)

-

  1. *P values are from Poisson regression. + Bivariate associations for variables that were not to be included in the multivariable analyses were not computed.