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Table 1 Comparison of control and Advanced Care Coordination groups post-matching

From: Optimizing care coordination to address social determinants of health needs for dual-use veterans

Patient Factors

Control (N = 475)

ACC (N = 161)

p-value

Age (Mean (SD))

 

63.90 (15.91)

63.47 (15.97)

0.77

Sex = Female(%)

 

49 (10.3)

16 (9.9)

1.00

Race (%)

0.99

 

White

389 (81.9)

132 (82.0)

 
 

Black

57 (12.0)

19 (11.8)

 
 

Other

11 (2.3)

4 (2.5)

 
 

Unknown

18 (3.8)

6 (3.7)

 

Urban Rural Highly Rural (%)

1.00

 

Urban

379 (79.8)

129 (80.1)

 
 

Rural

96 (20.2)

32 (19.9)

 
 

Highly Rural

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Site (%)

1.00

 

Denver

201 (42.3)

67 (41.6)

 
 

Omaha

274 (57.7)

94 (58.4)

 

Elixhauser Comorbidity Index

Hypertension = 1(%)

 

291 (61.3)

100 (62.1)

0.92

Congestive Heart Failure = 1(%)

 

53 (11.2)

18 (11.2)

1.00

Chronic Pulmonary Disease = 1(%)

 

145 (30.5)

48 (29.8)

0.94

Diabetes without Chronic Complications = 1(%)

 

127 (26.7)

42 (26.1)

0.95

Diabetes with Chronic Complications = 1 (%)

 

114 (24.0)

36 (22.4)

0.75

Renal Failure = 1 (%)

 

71 (14.9)

25 (15.5)

0.96

Obesity = 1(%)

 

86 (18.1)

27 (16.8)

0.79

Weight Loss = 1(%)

 

27 (5.7)

11 (6.8)

0.74

Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders = 1(%)

 

105 (22.1)

41 (25.5)

0.44

AIDS/HIV = 1(%)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1.00

Alcohol Abuse = 1 (%)

 

62 (13.1)

24 (14.9)

0.65

Anemia Deficiency = 1(%)

 

91 (19.2)

33 (20.5)

0.80

Rheumatoid Arthritis = 1(%)

 

13 (2.7)

4 (2.5)

1.00

Blood Loss Anemia = 1 (%)

 

8 (1.7)

2 (1.2)

0.98

Coagulopathy = 1 (%)

 

31 (6.5)

10 (6.2)

1.00

Depression = 1(%)

 

120 (25.3)

28 (23.6)

0.75

Drug Abuse = 1(%)

 

37 (7.8)

13 (8.1)

1.00

Hypothyroidism = 1(%)

 

52 (10.9)

19 (11.8)

Hypothyroidism = 1(%)

Liver Disease = 1(%)

 

69 (14.5)

27 (16.8)

0.58

Lymphoma = 1(%)

 

5 (1.1)

4 (2.5)

0.35

Metastatic Cancer = 1(%)

 

11 (2.3)

3 (1.9)

0.98

Other Neurological Disorders = 1(%)

 

135 (28.4)

48 (29.8)

0.81

Paralysis = 1(%)

 

28 (5.9)

12 (7.5)

0.61

Peripheral Vascular Disease = 1(%)

 

74 (15.6)

26 (16.1)

0.96

Psychiatric Disorders = 1(%)

 

36 (7.6)

15 (9.3)

0.59

Pulmonary Circulation Disorder = 1(%)

 

6 (1.3)

2 (1.2)

1.00

Solid Tumor without Metastasis = 1 (%)

 

24 (5.1)

12 (7.5)

0.35

Peptic Ulcer Disease = 1(%)

 

2 (0.4)

1 (0.6)

1.00

Valvular Disease = 1(%)

 

42 (8.8)

17 (10.6)

0.62

Outcomes Prior Intervention

1 year Prior PCP visit (mean (SD))

 

2.65 (2.43)

2.80 (2.30)

0.50

1 year Prior Hospitalization (mean (SD))

 

0.36 (0.73)

0.37 (0.70)

0.87

1 year Prior ED visit (mean (SD))

 

1.54 (2.65)

1.63 (2.21)

0.70

Outcomes Post Intervention

30-day Mortality = 1 (%)

 

5 (1.1)

2 (1.2)

1.00

60-day Mortality = 1 (%)

 

10 (2.1)

3 (1.9)

1.00

90-day Mortality = 1 (%)

 

17 (3.6)

5 (3.1)

0.97

30-day ED Visit = 1 (%)

 

127 (26.7)

29 (18.0)

0.03

60-day ED Visit = 1 (%)

 

153 (32.2)

45 (28.0)

0.36

90-day ED Visit = 1 (%)

 

176 (37.1)

54 (33.5)

0.48

30-day Readmission = 1 (%)

 

21 (4.4)

4 (2.5)

0.39

60-day Hospital Readmission = 1 (%)

 

36 (7.6)

10 (6.2)

0.69

90-day Hospital Readmission = 1 (%)

 

44 (9.3)

15 (9.3)

1.00

14-day PCP visit = 1 (%)

 

140 (29.5)

53 (32.9)

0.47

30-day PCP Visit = 1 (%)

 

199 (41.9)

80 (49.7)

0.10

  1. ACC Advanced Care Coordination, SD Standard Deviation, ED Emergency Department, PCP Primary Care Physician