Table 2.

Stratified analysis of continuity of care indices by demographic features (N = 1,713).

		N	UPC	MMCI	COC	SECON
			Mean (Median)	Mean (Median)	Mean (Median)	Mean (Median)
All patients		1,713	0.76 (0.81)	0.81 (0.86)	0.67 (0.68)	0.70 (0.75)
Sex	Male	721	0.76 (0.83)	0.80 (0.86)	0.67 (0.71)	0.69 (0.75)
	Female	992	0.75 (0.80)	0.82 (0.86)	0.67 (0.67)	0.70 (0.75)
	p value		0.741	0.252	0.719	0.569
Age (years)	19-40	684	0.70 (0.71)	0.76 (0.80)	0.61 (0.55)	0.63 (0.67)
	41-60	500	0.77 (0.83)	0.82 (0.88)	0.68 (0.70)	0.71 (0.75)
	61-97	529	0.82 (0.89)	0.87 (0.91)	0.75 (0.80)	0.76 (0.81)
	p value		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Region	South	190	0.71 (0.73)	0.78 (0.80)	0.61 (0.55)	0.66 (0.67)
	Center	1,010	0.76 (0.83)	0.81 (0.87)	0.68 (0.70)	0.70 (0.75)
	North	513	0.77 (0.83)	0.82 (0.88)	0.69 (0.71)	0.71 (0.75)
	p value		0.024	0.138	0.010	0.161
Charlson's comorbidity index (without age)	0	883	0.73 (0.75)	0.79 (0.83)	0.65 (0.61)	0.67 (0.70)
	1	395	0.76 (0.83)	0.82 (0.88)	0.68 (0.72)	0.71 (0.77)
	2+	415	0.80 (0.86)	0.86 (0.89)	0.72 (0.75)	0.74 (0.78)
	p value		< 0.001	< 0.001	0.001	0.001
Physician	Salaried	1,345	0.75 (0.80)	0.81 (0.86)	0.67 (0.67)	0.69 (0.75)
	Self-employed	368	0.76 (0.86)	0.83 (0.90)	0.69 (0.75)	0.70 (0.80)
	p value		0.513	0.142	0.158	0.602