TABLE 1.
Subscriber Characteristics | Fully Insured | Self-Insured | ||||||||
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All Subscribers | All Families Cohort | P Valuea | Families with a Rare Disease Cohort | P Valuea | All Subscribers | All Families Cohort | P Valueb | Families with a Rare Disease Cohort | P Valueb | |
Observations, n (%) | 39,274,850 | 9,904,563 (25.2) | 9,117 (0.1) | 19,621,014 | 6,111,514 (31.1) | 6,904 (0.1) | ||||
Observation months, n | 860,267,578 | 262,736,479 | 322,336 | 725,056,027 | 274,254,793 | 410,601 | ||||
Average age of subscriber,c years | 41.7 years | 39.5 years | < 0.0001 | 39.6 years | 0.78 | 42.5 years | 40.0 years | < 0.0001 | 40.5 years | < 0.0001 |
Male, n (%) | 21,169,144 (53.9) | 6,031,879 (60.9) | < 0.0001 | 6,081 (66.7) | < 0.0001 | 10,497,243 (53.5) | 3,636,350 (59.5) | < 0.0001 | 4,592 (66.5) | < 0.0001 |
Include spouse on coverage, n (%) | 13,314,174 (33.9) | 6,804,435 (68.7) | < 0.0001 | 7,111 (78.0) | < 0.0001 | 8,378,172 (42.7) | 4,412,513 (72.2) | < 0.0001 | 5,688 (82.4) | < 0.0001 |
Average number of dependents aged ≤ 16,d years | 0.5 | 1.8 | < 0.0001 | 2.1 | < 0.0001 | 0.6 | 1.8 | < 0.0001 | 2.2 | < 0.0001 |
0 (%) | 74.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 68.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
1 (%) | 11.5 | 45.8 | 29.8 | 13.6 | 43.7 | 26.9 | ||||
2 (%) | 9.2 | 36.3 | 41.1 | 11.6 | 37.3 | 42.1 | ||||
3+ (%) | 4.5 | 17.9 | 29.2 | 5.9 | 19.0 | 31.0 |
aThe P value is the result of the comparison of the all subscribers cohort to the all families cohort.
bThe P value is the result of the comparison of the all families cohort to the families with a rare disease cohort.
cThe average age of each subscriber was calculated during their exposure period. The value reported in the table represents the average age for all subscribers in each cohort.
dThe maximum number of child dependents observed during the subscriber exposure period was associated with each subscriber. The value reported in this table represents the average number of child dependents assigned to subscribers in each cohort.