Table 1.
Characteristics of study cohort by provider type
| CHARACTERISTIC | OVERALL COHORT n=970,783 |
MANAGED BY FAMILY PHYSICIAN ONLY n=580,230 (59.8%) |
MANAGED BY SPECIALIST ONLY n=100,665 (10.4%) |
MANAGED BY FAMILY PHYSICIAN AND SPECIALIST n=288,764 (29.7%) |
ANY NP INVOLVEMENT n=1124 (0.1%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) age, y | 56.8 (16.3) | 56.1 (16.0) | 49.2 (16.8) | 60.9 (15.4) | 54 (13.6) |
| Female, n (%)* | 476,206 (49.1) | 291,936 (50.3) | 52,024 (51.7) | 131,733 (45.6) | 513 (45.6) |
| Age ≥75 y, n (%)* | 145,620 (15.0) | 78,431 (13.5) | 8077 (8.0) | 59,029 (20.4) | 83 (7.4) |
| ≥3 studied chronic conditions, n (%)* | 104,483 (10.8) | 72,998 (12.6) | 15,834 (15.7) | 15,640 (5.4) | 11 (1.0) |
NP—nurse practitioner.
*
Percentages calculated from column total.