Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study population
| Characteristics | Traditional Scheduling Cohort* (n = 6,575) | Self-Scheduling Cohort† (n = 628) | Total (n = 7,203) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| Age (y), mean (SD) | 58.3 (11.20) | 55.8 (10.39) | 58.1 (11.2) |
| Race, n (%) | |||
| Asian | 1,147 (17.4) | 163 (26.0) | 1,310 (18.2) |
| Black | 112 (1.7) | 20 (3.2) | 132 (1.8) |
| Other | 598 (9.1) | 58 (9.2) | 656 (9.1) |
| Unknown | 66 (1.0) | 8 (1.3) | 74 (1.0) |
| White | 4,662 (70.9) | 379 (60.4) | 5,041 (70.0) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||
| Hispanic | 1,312 (20.0) | 93 (14.8) | 1,405 (19.5) |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,197 (79.0) | 528 (84.1) | 5,725 (79.5) |
| Unknown | 66 (1.0) | 7 (1.1) | 73 (1.0) |
| Language, n (%) | |||
| English | 5,563 (84.6) | 589 (93.8) | 6,152 (85.4) |
| Spanish | 802 (12.2) | 19 (3.0) | 821 (11.4) |
| Other | 206 (3.1) | 20 (3.2) | 226 (3.1) |
| Unknown | 4 (0.1) | - | 4 (0.1) |
| Area deprivation index quartile | |||
| Quartile 1 (least disadvantaged neighborhood) | 1,832 (27.9) | 127 (20.2) | 1,959 (27.2) |
| Quartile 2 | 1,350 (20.5) | 159 (25.3) | 1,509 (20.9) |
| Quartile 3 | 1,176 (17.9) | 125 (19.9) | 1,301 (18.1) |
| Quartile 4 (most disadvantaged neighborhood) | 1,031 (15.7) | 97 (15.4) | 1,128 (15.7) |
| Unknown | 1,186 (18.0) | 120 (19.1) | 1,306 (18.1) |
| Insurance | |||
| Private | 3,459 (52.6) | 433 (68.9) | 3,892 (54) |
| Medicare | 2,510 (38.2) | 182 (29.0) | 2,692 (37.4) |
| Medicaid | 595 (9.0) | 13 (2.1) | 608 (8.4) |
| Self-pay | 9 (0.1) | — | 9 (0.1) |
| Other | 2 (0.03) | — | 2 (0.03) |
*
Patients with at least one screening mammography encounter in the pre- and postimplementation period who used only traditional scheduling in postimplementation period.
†
Patients with at least one screening mammography encounter in the pre- and postimplementation period who used only self-scheduling in postimplementation period.