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Table 1 Subject Demographic Characteristics

From: Healthcare utilization in older patients using personal emergency response systems: an analysis of electronic health records and medical alert data

Variable

PLL/PHH

2014 CMS (A + B) national

p-value

 

% (N = 2,643)

% (N = 51,470,589)

 

Age

 Mean, (SD)

79 (11)

71.1

<0.001

Age Cat.

  

<0.001

  < 65

11 (303)

16 (8,352,750)

 

 65+

89 (2340)

84 (43,117,839)

 

Gender

  

<0.001

 Female

75 (1,990)

55 (28,197,507)

 

Race

 White

93 (2312)

80 (41,269,942)

0.41

 Hispanic

0 (9)

6 (2,975,486)

<0.001

 Black/AA

5 (128)

10 (4,877,000)

<0.001

 Other

1 (26)

5 (2,348,162)

<0.001

Unknown

n = 168

NA

NA

Education

  ≥ College

36 (551)

27 (13,979,412)

<0.001

 Some college

7 (102)

25 (12,821,324)

<0.001

 High-school

43 (657)

28 (14,561,030)

<0.001

  < High-school

13 (201)

20 (10,103,677)

<0.001

Unknown

n = 1132

NA

NA

Marital Status

 Married

29 (695)

52 (26,672,059)

<0.001

 Divorced

13 (317)

17 (8,605,883)

<0.001

 Single

20 (475)

9 (4,658,088)

<0.001

 Widowed

37 (887)

22 (11,539,706)

<0.001

Unknown

n = 269

NA

NA