Table 1.
Baseline Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics
| Characteristic | Full Sample
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Low Risk of Hospitalization
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High Risk of Hospitalization
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| Intervention (n =474) | Usual Care (n =477) | P-Value | Intervention (n =362) | Usual Care (n =363) | P-Value | Intervention (n =112) | Usual Care (n =114) | P-Value | |
| Age, mean ± SD, | 71.8 ± 5.6 | 71.6 ± 5.8 | .56 | 71.8 ± 5.6 | 71.3 ± 5.4 | .19 | 71.6 ± 5.6 | 72.4 ± 6.9 | .34 |
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| Female, n (%) | 358 (75.5) | 365 (76.5) | .72 | 288 (79.6) | 288 (79.3) | .94 | 70 (62.5) | 77 (67.5) | .43 |
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| Black, n (%) | 272 (57.6) | 292 (62.4) | .14 | 211 (58.6) | 223 (62.8) | .25 | 61 (54.5) | 69 (61.1) | .32 |
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| Education <12 years, n (%) | 296 (62.5) | 285 (60.0) | .44 | 222 (61.3) | 206 (56.9) | .23 | 74 (66.1) | 79 (69.9) | .54 |
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| Household income <$10,000, n (%) | 303 (73.4) | 301 (71.5) | .55 | 229 (72.2) | 228 (71.0) | .73 | 74 (77.1) | 73 (73.0) | .51 |
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| Medicare recipient, n (%) | 443 (93.9) | 452 (95.0) | .46 | 342 (95.0) | 346 (95.6) | .71 | 101 (90.2) | 106 (93.0) | .45 |
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| Medicaid recipient, n (%) | 169 (37.1) | 157 (34.1) | .33 | 129 (37.1) | 117 (33.1) | .28 | 40 (37.4) | 40 (37.0) | .96 |
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| Perceived health fair or poor, n (%) | 247 (52.6) | 242 (51.1) | .65 | 156 (43.6) | 151 (41.9) | .66 | 91 (81.3) | 91 (79.8) | .79 |
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| Number of chronic diseases, mean ± SD* | 2.71 ± 1.47 | 2.61 ± 1.50 | .32 | 2.46 ± 1.38 | 2.27 ± 1.29 | .05 | 3.54 ± 1.46 | 3.73 ± 1.60 | .35 |
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| Required help with ≥1 instrumental ADLs, n (%) | 153 (35.6) | 167 (38.0) | .45 | 105 (31.6) | 119 (35.5) | .29 | 48 (49.0) | 48 (46.2) | .69 |
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| Required help with ≥1 basic ADLs, n (%) | 80 (17.2) | 64 (13.4) | .11 | 46 (12.9) | 38 (10.5) | .31 | 34 (30.9) | 26 (22.8) | .17 |
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| Probability of repeated admission score, mean ± SD | 0.31 ± 0.12 | 0.32 ± 0.12 | .58 | 0.27 ± 0.07 | 0.26 ± 0.07 | .88 | 0.47 ± 0.06 | 0.49 ± 0.07 | .04 |
Percentages represent the proportion of subjects having the characteristic from among subjects for whom there were complete data.
*
From a list of 10 (hypertension, angina pectoris or coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, heart attack, stroke, chronic lung disease, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis of hip or knee, diabetes mellitus, and cancer).
SD =standard deviation; ADLs =activities of daily living.