Table 2.
Distribution summary of completion of health maintenance gaps among patients from two primary care clinics in Henry Ford Hospital System, Detroit, MI: 2017–2019.
| Category | Health Maintenance Gap | Patients Eligible for ServiceN (%) |
Service Complete Before Index Visitn (% of eligible) |
Service Not Complete Before Index Visitn (% of eligible) |
Completed Service at or within 1 Year of Index Visitn (%)* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immunizations | Pneumonia | 58 (100) | 48 (83) | 10 (17) | 6/10 (60) |
| Tetanus/Tdap | 58 (100) | 45 (78) | 13 (22) | 2/13 (15) | |
| Shingles | 58 (100) | 4 (7) | 54 (93) | 5/54 (9) | |
| Screenings | Mammogram | 58 (100) | 31 (53) | 27 (47) | 2/27 (7) |
| Bone density | 27 (47) | 13 (48) | 14 (52) | 5/14 (36) | |
| Colonoscopy | 52 (90) | 34 (65) | 18 (35) | 1/18 (6) | |
| Cervical cancer | 4 (7) | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | 1/2 (50) | |
Note that not all patients were eligible or were recommended for certain screenings (i.e., based on age or sex).
*
Denominators in the last column represent the number of patients who had not completed the service prior to the index visit.