Table 2 Patient and institutional characteristics within CHCs by PCMH designation status
PCMH designation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Patient and facility characteristics | No designated Sites | With designated sites | p value |
CHC characteristics | |||
Mean number of delivery sites (SD) | 4.3 (4.2) | 7.4 (7.0) | < 0.0001 |
Urban | 82 (31.0) | 317 (40.8) | 0.006 |
Total average patients (SD) | 11,329 (13,047) | 27,212 (29,720) | < 0.0001 |
Total costs per patient ($) | 1006 (746) | 1048 (591) | 0.970 |
Patient case mix characteristics | |||
Children (under age 18) | 23.6 | 28.3 | < 0.0001 |
Adult (18–64) | 66.5 | 61.2 | < 0.0001 |
Older adults (age 65 and over) | 10.5 | 10.0 | 0.267 |
Minority | 56.2 | 54.9 | 0.582 |
Below 200% poverty line | 90.1 | 89.6 | 0.527 |
Uninsured | 28.2 | 23.0 | < 0.0001 |
Medicaid/CHIP | 40.2 | 44.8 | 0.001 |
Medicare | 11.6 | 11.5 | 0.742 |
Hypertensive | 28.8 | 29.3 | 0.478 |
Diabetic | 15.7 | 15.5 | 0.601 |