Table 2 Demographic characteristics of patient panels by primary care provider type1
Demographics | Overall Primary (n = 226,534) | Family (n = 88,600) | Internal Medicine (n = 86,164) | OB/Gyn (n = 23,097) | Advanced Practice (n = 28,035) | Geriatrician (n = 638) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients in each provider’s panel 2 | 252,545 | 96,784 | 95,970 | 25,921 | 33,159 | 711 | |
Age | 63.0 (4.1) | 62.4 (3.9) | 64.2 (3.8) | 59.9 (3.7) | 63.6 (4.1) | 66.5 (3.9) | |
Male gender | 39.2 (18.5) | 42.7 (13.7) | 45.0 (13.8) | 2.1 (8.5) | 40.7 (15.8) | 41.1 (12.0) | |
Region | |||||||
Northeast3 | 17.1 (36.6) | 12.7 (32.2) | 23.5 (41.1) | 18.7 (38.1) | 10.3 (29.7) | 21.3 (39.9) | |
Midwest4 | 27.5 (43.4) | 29.8 (44.5) | 23.8 (41.1) | 23.6 (41.5) | 35.2 (46.5) | 25.3 (42.1) | |
South5 | 39.0 (47.1) | 39.5 (47.2) | 37.5 (46.4) | 42.8 (48.0) | 39.3 (47.3) | 40.7 (47.2) | |
West6 | 16.3 (35.8) | 18.0 (37.4) | 15.2 (34.7) | 14.9 (34.8) | 15.2 (34.8) | 12.6 (32.2) | |
Race/ethnicity | |||||||
White | 69.6 (22.4) | 71.1 (22.7) | 66.6 (22.4) | 69.7 (21.8) | 73.9 (20.3) | 62.0 (22.5) | |
African American | 11.2 (16.6) | 10.1 (16.4) | 13.1 (17.5) | 10.4 (15.2) | 9.9 (15.5) | 15.7 (19.5) | |
Asian | 2.8 (7.4) | 2.4 (6.6) | 3.4 (8.7) | 3.3 (8.0) | 1.4 (3.8) | 3.8 (9.1) | |
Hispanic | 8.6 (14.5) | 8.7 (15.5) | 8.9 (13.9) | 9.0 (14.5) | 6.7 (12.7) | 10.2 (14.8) | |
Other | 0.7 (2.1) | 0.7 (2.2) | 0.8 (2.1) | 0.7 (1.9) | 0.6 (1.9) | 0.8 (2.1) | |
Missing | 7.1 (7.8) | 7.0 (7.9) | 7.3 (7.5) | 6.9 (8.1) | 7.4 (7.9) | 7.6 (7.6) | |
Education | |||||||
<12 grade | 0.4 (2.3) | 0.4 (2.6) | 0.4 (2.1) | 0.3 (1.9) | 0.3 (2.1) | 0.4 (1.6) | |
High school diploma | 29.5 (23.7) | 31.2 (25.5) | 28.9 (22.0) | 23.1 (21.0) | 31.2 (23.8) | 30.9 (20.3) | |
Some college/Associate degree | 50.4 (21.4) | 51.4 (23.0) | 49.1 (19.9) | 50.4 (20.0) | 51.8 (21.5) | 48.8 (18.3) | |
Bachelor/graduate degree | 15.3 (19.2) | 12.8 (17.9) | 17.1 (20.0) | 22.3 (22.3) | 12.0 (15.6) | 15.2 (17.6) | |
Education missing | 4.4 (7.2) | 4.3 (7.4) | 4.5 (7.0) | 4.0 (7.6) | 4.8 (7.3) | 4.7 (6.8) | |
Net worth | |||||||
<$25,000 | 24.6 (17.2) | 25.3 (17.3) | 24.9 (17.2) | 18.7 (15.4) | 26.0 (17.2) | 27.3 (17.0) | |
$25,000–$149,999 | 20.4 (11.1) | 21.9 (11.4) | 18.7 (10.3) | 19.2 (11.4) | 21.7 (11.1) | 18.5 (9.5) | |
$150,000–$249,999 | 10.2 (6.8) | 10.6 (7.0) | 9.6 (6.5) | 10.3 (7.0) | 10.6 (7.2) | 9.6 (6.7) | |
$250,000–$499,999 | 14.6 (9.3) | 14.5 (9.4) | 14.3 (9.0) | 16.2 (9.2) | 14.5 (9.6) | 13.8 (9.2) | |
$500,000–$999,999 | 13.0 (11.3) | 12.1 (11.4) | 13.4 (11.1) | 16.8 (11.9) | 11.6 (10.5) | 11.7 (10.4) | |
≥$1,000,000 | 7.9 (12.0) | 6.3 (10.6) | 9.3 (13.2) | 11.6 (14.3) | 5.8 (8.9) | 6.7 (10.1) | |
Net worth missing | 9.4 (9.4) | 9.2 (9.4) | 9.9 (9.3) | 7.3 (8.7) | 9.9 (9.8) | 12.5 (11.6) | |
Insurance type | |||||||
Commercial | 54.2 (33.1) | 58.6 (32.5) | 46.8 (32.3) | 72.5 (27.6) | 48.8 (33.4) | 31.5 (29.4) | |
Medicare | 45.8 (33.1) | 41.4 (32.5) | 53.2 (32.3) | 27.5 (27.6) | 51.2 (33.4) | 68.5 (29.4) | |
Urbanicity | |||||||
Rural | 6.4 (16.9) | 8.5 (21.1) | 4.5 (12.2) | 4.0 (11.1) | 8.1 (17.6) | 3.0 (9.2) | |
Urban | 93.5 (16.9) | 91.5 (21.1) | 95.4 (12.2) | 95.9 (11.1) | 91.8 (17.6) | 96.9 (9.3) | |
Urbanicity missing | 0.1 (1.0) | 0.1 (0.9) | 0.1 (1.0) | 0.1 (1.1) | 0.1 (1.3) | 0.1 (0.6) |