Table 1.
Demographic and utilization characteristics of Denver Health Study patients (7/99–12/01)
| Gender | N (%) | Age | N (%) | Race/ethnicity | N (%) | Payer type | N (%) | Outpatient visits | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 1,158 (24.2) | 21–30 | 942 (19.6) | Black | 984 (20.5) | Medicaid | 821 (17.1) | Mean (SD) | 12.0 (8.8) |
| Female | 3,637 (75.8) | 31–40 | 868 (18.1) | Hispanic | 2,677 (55.8) | Medicare | 891 (18.6) | Median | 10.0 |
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 41–50 | 966 (20.2) | White | 978 (20.4) | Private/commercial | 416 (8.7) | ||
| Total | 4,795 (100.0) | 51–60 | 853 (17.8) | Other | 89 (1.9) | Uninsureda | 2,453 (51.2) | ||
| 61–70 | 716 (14.9) | Unknown | 63 (1.3) | Other | 214 (4.5) | ||||
| 71–75 | 203 (4.2) | Missing | 4 (0.1) | ||||||
| >76 | 247 (5.2) | Total | 4,795 (100.0) | Total | 4,795 (100.0) | ||||
| Total | 4,795 (100.0) | ||||||||
aThe uninsured include self-pay, those subsidized by an external community health services program and those enrolled in the Colorado Indigent Care Program, which is not an insurance program but a state program that provides partial reimbursement to providers who offer medical care to eligible underinsured and uninsured residents.