Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study sample in 2014
From: Longitudinal care continuity and avoidable hospitalization: the application of claims-based measures
Characteristics | CCI = 0 (N = 208,505) | CCI = 1 (N = 91,170) | CCI ≥ 2 (N = 28,369) | |||||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Sex (N, %) | ||||||||
Male | 75,008 | 35.97 | 41,351 | 45.36 | 12,787 | 45.07 | ||
Female | 133,171 | 63.87 | 49,733 | 54.55 | 15,563 | 54.86 | ||
Missing | 326 | 0.16 | 86 | 0.09 | 19 | 0.07 | ||
Age (mean, SD) | 51.43 | 14.55 | 62.11 | 13.17 | 64.82 | 12.43 | ||
Rural area (N, %) | 43,481 | 20.85 | 19,545 | 21.44 | 4,884 | 17.22 | ||
Low income family (%) | 1,982 | 0.95 | 1,108 | 1.22 | 351 | 1.24 | ||
Physician visits (mean, SD) | 19.10 | 13.85 | 29.63 | 18.37 | 37.79 | 22.48 | ||
Physician visits (N, %) | ||||||||
Low | 95,246 | 45.68 | 16,034 | 17.59 | 2,770 | 9.76 | ||
Intermediate | 65,246 | 31.29 | 30,237 | 33.17 | 6,697 | 23.61 | ||
High | 48,013 | 23.03 | 44,899 | 49.25 | 18,902 | 66.63 | ||
Hospitalization in the previous year (N, %) | 17,067 | 8.19 | 12,152 | 13.33 | 6,920 | 24.39 | ||