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Table 1 Patient characteristics for the first quarter of each year of interest, EMR cohort

From: Impact of the diabetes Canada guideline dissemination strategy on dispensed vascular protective medications for older patients in Ontario, Canada: a linked EMR and administrative data study

 

2010Q1

2011Q1

2012Q1

2013Q1

2014Q1

2015Q1

2016Q1

TOTAL

N = 4385

N = 5342

N = 6071

N = 6819

N = 7330

N = 7424

N = 7363

Flagged in ODD

4258 (97.1%)

5167 (96.7%)

5839 (96.2%)

6467 (94.8%)

6914 (94.3%)

6986 (94.1%)

6933 (94.2%)

Have no encounter date*

624 (14.2%)

637 (11.9%)

631 (10.4%)

653 (9.6%)

687 (9.4%)

673 (9.1%)

662 (9.0%)

Age

 Mean ± SD

75.83 ± 6.83

75.78 ± 6.91

75.88 ± 6.97

75.83 ± 7.08

75.77 ± 7.22

75.96 ± 7.29

76.08 ± 7.33

 Median (IQR)

75 (70–81)

75 (70–81)

75 (70–81)

75 (70–81)

75 (70–81)

75 (70–81)

75 (70–81)

Sex

 Female

2216 (50.5%)

2694 (50.4%)

3034 (50.0%)

3459 (50.7%)

3733 (50.9%)

3793 (51.1%)

3768 (51.2%)

 Male

2169 (49.5%)

2648 (49.6%)

3037 (50.0%)

3360 (49.3%)

3597 (49.1%)

3631 (48.9%)

3595 (48.8%)

Income quintile

 Q1 (lowest)

811 (18.5%)

955 (17.9%)

1072 (17.7%)

1209 (17.7%)

1315 (17.9%)

1331 (17.9%)

1319 (17.9%)

 Q2

809 (18.4%)

986 (18.5%)

1131 (18.6%)

1295 (19.0%)

1387 (18.9%)

1401 (18.9%)

1423 (19.3%)

 Q3

860 (19.6%)

1064 (19.9%)

1179 (19.4%)

1361 (20.0%)

1453 (19.8%)

1458 (19.6%)

1435 (19.5%)

 Q4

934 (21.3%)

1130 (21.2%)

1289 (21.2%)

1410 (20.7%)

1532 (20.9%)

1550 (20.9%)

1531 (20.8%)

 Q5 (highest)

970 (22.1%)

1203 (22.5%)

1391 (22.9%)

1531 (22.5%)

1633 (22.3%)

1672 (22.5%)

1642 (22.3%)

Rural

1026 (23.4%)

1270 (23.8%)

1435 (23.6%)

1575 (23.1%)

1680 (22.9%)

1708 (23.0%)

1687 (22.9%)

ADG

 Mean ± SD

7.54 ± 3.86

7.63 ± 3.83

7.70 ± 3.85

7.79 ± 3.87

7.71 ± 3.88

7.68 ± 3.93

7.71 ± 3.92

 Median (IQR)

7 (5–10)

7 (5–10)

7 (5–10)

7 (5–10)

7 (5–10)

7 (5–10)

7 (5–10)

RUB

 Mean ± SD

3.65 ± 0.89

3.66 ± 0.90

3.66 ± 0.91

3.68 ± 0.90

3.67 ± 0.90

3.67 ± 0.91

3.66 ± 0.92

 Median (IQR)

3 (3–4)

3 (3–4)

3 (3–4)

3 (3–4)

3 (3–4)

3 (3–4)

3 (3–4)

 OMID (AMI)

369 (8.4%)

431 (8.1%)

505 (8.3%)

549 (8.1%)

577 (7.9%)

588 (7.9%)

582 (7.9%)

Enrollment status

 Enrolled

4142 (94.5%)

5083 (95.2%)

5774 (95.1%)

6469 (94.9%)

6958 (94.9%)

7046 (94.9%)

6952 (94.4%)

 Virtually enrolled

243 (5.5%)

259 (4.8%)

297 (4.9%)

350 (5.1%)

372 (5.1%)

378 (5.1%)

411 (5.6%)

 CVD

2856 (65.1%)

3695 (69.2%)

4257 (70.1%)

4901 (71.9%)

5389 (73.5%)

5449 (73.4%)

5386 (73.1%)

 CHF

628 (14.3%)

820 (15.4%)

901 (14.8%)

985 (14.4%)

1054 (14.4%)

1091 (14.7%)

1069 (14.5%)

 OMID (AMI)

369 (8.4%)

431 (8.1%)

505 (8.3%)

549 (8.1%)

577 (7.9%)

588 (7.9%)

582 (7.9%)

 HTN

3610 (82.3%)

4398 (82.3%)

5009 (82.5%)

5635 (82.6%)

6039 (82.4%)

6124 (82.5%)

6089 (82.7%)

  1. ODD: Ontario Diabetes Database; SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range; ADG: adjusted diagnostic groups; RUB: resource utilization band; OMID: Ontario myocardial infarct dataset; AMI: acute myocardial infarct; CVD: cardiovascular disease; CHF: congestive heart failure; HTN: hypertension
  2. *patient had no encounters in the CPCSSN dataset
  3. † RUBs estimate healthcare resource use grouped by morbidity levels: 0 = non user to 5 = very high morbidity