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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics by first provider seen for low back pain

From: Where to start? A two stage residual inclusion approach to estimating influence of the initial provider on health care utilization and costs for low back pain in the US

 

Total

PT

Chiro

ACU

APRN

PCP

PM&R

Ortho

EM

All Other

Sample Size

3,799,593

109,480

942,925

37,522

60,734

957,619

160,537

192,144

91,979

1,246,653

 

Mean (%)

SD

(%)

Mean (%)

SD

(%)

Mean (%)

SD

(%)

Mean (%)

SD

(%)

Mean (%)

SD

(%)

Mean (%)

SD

(%)

Mean (%)

SD

(%)

Mean (%)

SD

(%)

Mean (%)

SD

(%)

Mean (%)

SD

(%)

Female

56.0

49.6

60.4

48.9

53.4

49.9

63.3

48.2

58.5

49.3

54.3

49.8

58.4

49.3

56.1

49.6

53.9

49.8

58.3

49.3

Age 18–34

16.4

37.1

18.4

38.7

22.9

42.0

23.0

42.1

18.6

38.9

14.7

35.4

9.8

29.8

11.9

32.4

27.4

44.6

13.2

33.8

Age 35–44

16.4

37.1

17.3

37.8

20.2

40.2

30.2

45.9

18.4

38.7

16.4

37.0

13.3

33.9

12.8

33.4

21.7

41.2

13.6

34.3

Age 45–54

20.5

40.3

19.9

39.9

21.1

40.8

25.3

43.5

22.3

41.7

21.2

40.9

20.3

40.2

19.3

39.5

20.7

40.5

19.3

39.5

Age 55–64

21.5

41.1

20.7

40.5

18.2

38.6

15.5

36.2

21.8

41.3

22.8

42.0

24.8

43.2

23.8

42.6

15.8

36.5

23.0

42.1

Age 65–74

14.9

35.6

14.2

34.9

11.3

31.7

4.6

20.9

10.9

31.1

14.9

35.6

19.2

39.4

19.1

39.3

8.6

28.0

17.4

37.9

Age 75+

10.2

30.3

9.5

29.3

6.2

24.1

1.4

12.0

8.0

27.2

10.0

30.0

12.6

33.2

13.0

33.6

5.9

23.5

13.5

34.2

Elixhauser Index (#)

0.04

0.22

0.02

0.14

0.02

0.14

0.01

0.10

0.04

0.21

0.05

0.23

0.04

0.21

0.03

0.16

0.03

0.18

0.07

0.26

Medicare Advantage

23.0

42.1

15.6

36.3

12.7

33.3

1.9

13.6

16.9

37.5

24.4

42.9

33.3

47.1

27.4

44.6

14.7

35.4

30.0

45.8

PPO/EPO

27.9

44.9

26.4

44.1

23.7

42.5

16.4

37.0

21.0

40.7

27.5

44.7

31.0

46.3

29.7

45.7

21.8

41.3

32.1

46.7

POS

54.8

49.8

60.8

48.8

67.6

46.8

80.7

39.5

64.5

47.9

52.8

49.9

46.2

49.9

51.0

50.0

58.9

49.2

46.3

49.9

HMO

14.0

34.7

9.0

28.6

6.1

24.0

2.4

15.4

11.1

31.4

16.8

37.3

19.6

39.7

15.5

36.2

17.6

38.1

17.6

38.1

Other

3.2

17.7

3.8

19.1

2.6

15.8

0.6

7.5

3.5

18.3

2.9

16.9

3.2

17.6

3.8

19.0

1.6

12.5

4.0

19.6

Not in High Deduct Plan

72.4

44.7

69.6

46.0

67.2

47.0

70.2

45.7

68.3

46.5

73.7

44.0

75.6

43.0

73.1

44.3

71.9

44.9

75.4

43.0

High Deductible Plan

22.3

41.6

24.1

42.7

28.6

45.2

28.3

45.0

24.3

42.9

21.2

40.9

18.9

39.1

21.2

40.8

25.5

43.6

18.3

38.7

Unknown High Deductible

5.3

22.3

6.4

24.4

4.2

20.1

1.5

12.1

7.3

26.1

5.1

21.9

5.5

22.9

5.7

23.2

2.5

15.7

6.2

24.1

Metropolitan (UIC)

86.0

34.7

91.8

27.5

84.7

36.0

98.0

14.1

77.5

41.8

85.4

35.3

90.3

29.6

89.7

30.3

90.7

29.1

85.4

35.3

Micropolitan (UIC)

6.5

24.7

3.8

19.1

7.7

26.6

0.7

8.2

11.1

31.4

6.6

24.9

4.7

21.2

4.8

21.4

4.4

20.4

6.4

24.4

Noncore (UIC)

7.5

26.4

4.4

20.6

7.6

26.5

1.3

11.5

11.5

31.9

8.0

27.1

5.0

21.8

5.4

22.7

5.0

21.8

8.2

27.4

County: Low Education

8.4

27.8

5.7

23.1

7.3

26.0

10.2

30.3

8.8

28.3

9.8

29.8

5.6

23.0

9.4

29.2

8.6

28.0

8.6

28.0

County: Low Employ

11.0

31.3

6.6

24.9

8.9

28.5

2.0

14.1

15.7

36.4

12.7

33.3

9.1

28.8

9.6

29.5

9.0

28.6

12.3

32.8

County: High Poverty

11.8

32.3

9.5

29.3

9.4

29.2

4.5

20.8

16.2

36.8

13.5

34.2

10.3

30.4

11.0

31.3

10.6

30.7

12.9

33.5

County Uninsured

11.0

5.0

9.5

4.4

10.3

4.9

8.6

4.1

10.8

4.9

11.4

5.0

10.8

4.6

11.6

5.0

11.2

4.9

11.5

5.0