The impact of Dual Eligible Special Need Plan regulations on healthcare utilization

Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of D-SNP and Medicaid Managed Care enrollees, averaged over the Pre Period (2010–2011)

N	Medicaid Managed Care		D-SNP		P-Value¹
	59,618		25,492
	n	%	n	%
Mean age	62		73		0.00	*
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	35,775	60	12,536	49	0.00	*
Non-Hispanic Black	20,641	35	3342	13	0.00	*
Hispanic	3202	5	9614	38	0.00	*
Female	33,999	57	17,826	70	0.00	*
Any hospitalization	1569	3	535	2	0.01	*
Any emergency department visit	3338	6	854	3	0.00	*
Calendar year
2010	28,014	47	11,039	43	0.00	*
2011	31,604	53	14,453	57	0.00	*
State of residence
Arizona	8248	14	22,253	87	0.00	*
New Jersey	6297	11	2024	8	0.01	*
Tennessee	45,073	76	1215	5	0.00	*
Medicaid category
TANF	4014	7	0	0
SSI (without Medicare)	55,604	93	0	0
Medicare/Medicaid dual	0	0	25,492	100
Hypertension	23,150	39	7139	28	0.00	*
Depression	5550	9	876	3	0.00	*
Atrial Fibrillation	3801	6	1439	6	0.35
Hyperlipidemia	15,039	25	5451	21	0.01	*
Arthritis	6750	11	2390	9	0.06
Substance Abuse	6166	10	574	2	0.00	*
Myocardial Infarction	5299	9	1945	8	0.17
Congestive Heart Failure	2892	5	554	2	0.00	*
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8144	14	1649	6	0.00	*
Asthma	3114	5	824	3	0.00	*
Chronic Kidney Disease (Stage IV or V)	281	0	187	1	0.27
Liver Disease	1360	2	273	1	0.01	*
N	Medicaid Managed Care	D-SNP	P-Value¹
	59,618		25,492
	n	%	n	%
Dementia	867	1	455	2	0.40
Cancer	4323	7	1344	5	0.02	*
HIV	265	0	16	0	0.06
Diabetes	18,704	31	9204	36	0.00	*
Stroke	3486	6	1215	5	0.15
Schizophrenia	2760	5	249	1	0.00	*
Mean comorbidity count	2		1		0.00	*
Pre, Transition and Post:
Total person-months of data in the analyses	212,970		147,435
Total unique people in the analyses	10,606		5790

¹. P-values are from regressions controlling for clustering at the person level. All regressions were logistic regressions except in comparing age and the comorbidity count between treatment groups, which used gamma regression. *p < 0.05

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