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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of propensity score matched cohorts

From: Productivity loss and indirect costs associated with cardiovascular events and related clinical procedures

Characteristic

Patients with WA eligibility

Patients with STD eligibility

Patients with WA and STD eligibility

With CVERP

Without CVERP

Std Diff (%)

With CVERP

Without CVERP

Std Diff (%)

With CVERP

Without CVERP

Std Diff (%)

N = 5,808

N = 5,808

N = 21,006

N = 21,006

N = 3,362

N = 3,362

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

n/mean

%/SD

Age (mean, SD)

52.7

6.5

52.3

6.8

0.1

52.8

6.8

52.2

7.2

0.1

53.1

6.5

52.6

7.0

0.1

Age Group (years) (n, %)

               

18-44

643

11.1

615

10.6

1.6

2524

12.0

2528

12.0

0.1

346

10.3

335

10.0

1.1

45-54

2,632

45.3

2,632

45.3

0.0

9,012

42.9

9,100

43.3

0.8

1,472

43.8

1,458

43.4

0.8

55-64

2,533

43.6

2,561

44.1

1.0

9,470

45.1

9,378

44.6

0.9

1,544

45.9

1,569

46.7

1.5

Male (n, %)

4,974

85.6

5,012

86.3

1.9

17,294

82.3

17,085

81.3

2.6

2,883

85.8

2,917

86.8

2.9

Female (n, %)

834

14.4

796

13.7

1.9

3,712

17.7

3,921

18.7

2.6

479

14.2

445

13.2

2.9

Geographic Region (n, %)

               

Northeast

954

16.4

906

15.6

2.3

3428

16.3

3542

16.9

1.5

643

19.1

637

18.9

0.5

North Central

1,079

18.6

1,087

18.7

0.4

7,461

35.5

7,366

35.1

0.9

526

15.6

519

15.4

0.6

South

2,742

47.2

2,803

48.3

2.1

7,287

34.7

7,268

34.6

0.2

1,272

37.8

1,291

38.4

1.2

West

1,032

17.8

1,008

17.4

1.1

2,774

13.2

2,768

13.2

0.1

921

27.4

914

27.2

0.5

Unknown

1

0.0

4

0.1

2.5

56

0.3

62

0.3

0.5

0

0.0

1

0.0

n/a

Health Plan Type (n, %)

               

Preferred provider organization

3,042

52.4

3,080

53.0

1.3

13,199

62.8

13,254

63.1

0.5

1,942

57.8

1,913

56.9

1.7

Health maintenance organization

833

14.3

826

14.2

0.3

2,592

12.3

2,595

12.4

0.0

398

11.8

436

13.0

3.4

Point of Service

1,704

29.3

1,669

28.7

1.3

2,211

10.5

2,411

11.5

3.0

885

26.3

883

26.3

0.1

Other/Unknown

229

3.9

233

4.0

0.4

3,004

14.3

2,746

13.1

3.6

137

4.1

130

3.9

1.1

Length of Follow-up

               

Days (mean, SD)

650

392

717

374

0.2

559

370

602

369

0.1

560

374

622

364

0.2

≥1 year (n, %)

3,905

67.2

4,332

74.6

16.2

12,632

60.1

13,527

64.4

8.8

2,030

60.4

2,249

66.9

13.6

≥2 years (n, %)

2,672

46.0

3,053

52.6

13.1

7,196

34.3

8,038

38.3

8.3

1,184

35.2

1,364

40.6

11.1

≥3 years (n, %)

1,826

31.4

2,101

36.2

10.0

3,984

19.0

4,635

22.1

7.7

622

18.5

759

22.6

10.1

  1. CVERP: cardiovascular events and related clinical procedures; SD: standard deviation; STD: short-term disability; Std Diff: standardized difference; WA: workplace absenteeism
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