Table 4 Characteristics of health plan members who did or did not register in a Patient-powered research network
From: Harnessing health plan enrollee data to boost membership in patient-powered research networks
Health plan member characteristics | Registered | Not registered | P values | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean/N | SD/% | Mean/N | SD/% | ||
N | 102 | 29,043 | |||
Age, mean (SD) | 51.8 | 10.09 | 50.7 | 10.52 | 0.17 |
Age category (years), n (%) | 0.41 | ||||
18–20 | 0 | 0.0 | 87 | 0.3 | |
21–44 | 20 | 19.6 | 7484 | 25.8 | |
45–64 | 78 | 76.5 | 20,005 | 68.9 | |
65 and over | 4 | 3.9 | 1467 | 5.1 | |
Female, n (%) | 89 | 87.3 | 22,775 | 78.4 | 0.03 |
Residential location (based on zip code), n (%) | 0.17 | ||||
Urban | 77 | 75.5 | 23,540 | 81.1 | |
Rural | 25 | 24.5 | 5253 | 18.1 | |
Unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 250 | 0.9 | |
Health plan coverage, n (%) | 0.37 | ||||
Commercial | 98 | 96.1 | 28,308 | 97.5 | |
Medicare Advantage | 4 | 3.9 | 735 | 2.5 | |
Census Region, n (%) | 0.23 | ||||
Northeast | 9 | 8.8 | 2265 | 7.8 | |
Midwest | 48 | 47.1 | 11,026 | 38.0 | |
South | 19 | 18.6 | 6976 | 24.0 | |
West | 26 | 25.5 | 8776 | 30.2 | |
Clinical History | |||||
Comorbidity score (Deyo-Charlson Index), mean (SD) | 2.5 | 2.79 | 2.2 | 2.61 | 0.08 |
Comorbidity score category, n (%) | 0.01 | ||||
0 | 17 | 16.7 | 8736 | 30.1 | |
1 or 2 | 53 | 52.0 | 12,183 | 41.9 | |
3 or more | 32 | 31.4 | 8124 | 28.0 | |
Medical Utilization History (All cause) | |||||
Any hospitalization, n (%) | 34 | 33.3 | 8857 | 30.5 | 0.53 |
Any emergency room visit, n (%) | 53 | 52.0 | 12,341 | 42.5 | 0.05 |
Any Outpatient visit, n (%) | 102 | 100.0 | 29,042 | 100.0 | 0.95 |
Primary care physician visits, n (%) | 94 | 92.2 | 25,845 | 89.0 | 0.31 |
Specialist visits, n (%) | 101 | 99.0 | 28,833 | 99.3 | 0.76 |