Table 2 Descriptive statistics and comparisons of patient and practitioner characteristics of those receiving or providing care at the high- and low-performing practices, both overall and as a function of performance status
Sample/Characteristic | Overall 1 | Performance Status | p value2 | Effect size3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High1 | Low1 | ||||
Patients | |||||
Number | 3,221 | 1,825 | 1,396 | - | - |
Age | 66 (58, 75) | 65 (57, 74) | 67 (59, 76) | < 0.001 | -0.14 |
Sex | 0.003 | 0.05 | |||
Female | 1,484 (46%) | 882 (48%) | 602 (43%) | ||
Male | 1,737 (54%) | 943 (52%) | 794 (57%) | ||
Plan Type | < 0.001 | 0.09 | |||
Commercial | 1,553 (48%) | 941 (52%) | 612 (44%) | ||
Senior | 187 (5.8%) | 119 (6.5%) | 68 (4.9%) | ||
Other | 1,481 (46%) | 765 (42%) | 716 (51%) | ||
CCI | 2 (1, 4) | 2 (1, 4) | 3 (2, 4) | < 0.001 | -0.18 |
Taking Insulin | 0.200 | 0.02 | |||
No | 2,471 (77%) | 1,415 (78%) | 1,056 (76%) | ||
Yes | 750 (23%) | 410 (22%) | 340 (24%) | ||
Diabetes Diagnoses4 | 0.300 | 0.04 | |||
T1 | 49 (1.5%) | 32 (1.8%) | 17 (1.2%) | ||
T2 | 2,923 (91%) | 1,660 (91%) | 1,263 (90%) | ||
T1/T2 | 238 (7.4%) | 129 (7.1%) | 109 (7.8%) | ||
Secondary | 11 (0.3%) | 4 (0.2%) | 7 (0.5%) | ||
Practitioners | |||||
Number | 78 | 51 | 27 | - | - |
Age | 47 (36, 55) | 41 (34, 53) | 53 (45, 65) | 0.002 | -0.83 |
Sex | 0.022 | 0.23 | |||
Male | 41 (53%) | 22 (43%) | 19 (70%) | ||
Female | 37 (47%) | 29 (57%) | 8 (30%) | ||
Degree Type | 0.300 | 0.09 | |||
DO | 26 (33%) | 19 (37%) | 7 (26%) | ||
MD | 52 (67%) | 32 (63%) | 20 (74%) | ||
Specialty | 0.500 | 0.14 | |||
Family Practice | 40 (51%) | 27 (53%) | 13 (48%) | ||
Internal Medicine | 35 (45%) | 23 (45%) | 12 (44%) | ||
Other | 3 (3.8%) | 1 (2.0%) | 2 (7.4%) | ||