Table 1.

Comparison of Patient Demographics and Outcomes for Non-responder and Responder Primary Care Providers

	PCP respondents	PCP non-respondents	P-value*
	N = 1,078	N = 605
Demographics
Mean age (SD)	60 (19)	58 (18)	0.08
Female (%)	658 (61)	363 (60)	0.68
African American (%)	280 (26)	187 (31)	0.04
Mean Charlson comorbidity score (SD)	1.1 (1.5)	1.1 (1.4)	0.64
Outcomes
ED visit within 30 days (%)	69 (6.4)	34 (5.6)	0.52
Readmission within 30 days (%)	116 (11)	57 (9.4)	0.38
Death within 30 days (%)	82 (7.6)	35 (5.8)	0.16
Composite outcome measure (%)	233 (22)	107 (18)	0.05

*Not corrected for multiple comparisons

PCP = Primary care provider

SD = Standard deviation

ED = Emergency department

Composite outcome = hospital readmission or emergency department visit or death within 30 days of hospital discharge