Table 1.
Participants’ Characteristics and Patient-Reported Coordination Scores
|
Specialty Care Use (No. of Visits)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Low (0–9) n (%) | High (10+) n (%) | Total, N (%) | Coordination Score Mean (SD)b |
| Total | 1,552 (76) | 499 (24) c | 2,051 (100) | 77.7 (21) d |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 910 (59) | 259 (52) | 1,169 (57) | 76.2 (22) |
| Male | 642 (41) | 240 (48) d | 882 (43) | 79.6 (19) c |
| Race | ||||
| White | 1,312 (85) | 461 (93) | 1,773 (87) | 78.2 (20) |
| Nonwhite | 231 (15) | 35 (7) | 266 (13) | 74.1 (23) |
| Age, y | ||||
| 65–69 | 158 (10) | 43 (8) | 201 (10) | 75.3 (22) |
| 70–74 | 243 (16) | 68 (14) | 311 (15) | 77.7 (20) |
| 75–79 | 330 (21) | 121 (24) | 451 (22) | 79.5 (20) |
| 80–84 | 379 (24) | 128 (26) | 507 (25) | 77.0 (21) |
| 85+ | 442 (29) | 139 (28) d | 581 (28) | 77.7 (21) |
| Chronic disease | ||||
| CAD only | 564 (36) | 231 (46) | 795 (39) | 77.2 (21) |
| Diabetes only | 697 (45) | 132 (27) | 829 (40) | 78.5 (21) |
| Both CAD and diabetes | 291 (19) | 136 (27) d | 427 (21) | 77.1 (21) d |
| Self-rated health | ||||
| Excellent/very good | 321 (21) | 75 (16) | 396 (20) | 82.6 (19) |
| Good | 669 (44) | 195 (40) | 864 (43) | 78.2 (20) |
| Fair/poor | 519 (35) | 213 (44) d | 732 (37) | 74.4 (22) |
| RxRisk | ||||
| Low | 539 (35) | 125 (25) | 664 (33) | 77.4 (21) |
| Medium | 549 (35) | 148 (30) | 697 (34) | 77.9 (21) |
| High | 460 (30) | 222 (45) d | 682 (33) | 77.8 (20) |
| Any hospitalizations | ||||
| Yes | 305 (20) | 252 (51) | 557 (27) | 76.4 (21) |
| No | 1,247 (80) | 247 (49) | 1,494 (73) | 78.2 (21) |
CAD = coronary artery disease; RxRisk = medication-based risk adjustment measure.36
a χ2 Test compared percentages between low and high specialty care use groups.
b One-way analysis of variance compared mean coordination across covariate groups.
cP <.01.
dP <.001.