Table 5.

Key regression coefficients from models examining follow-up PAM^a and health care utilization, by participation status.^b

Participation	PAM		Primary care visits		Specialty care visits		Any EDc visits		Any hospitalizations
	Coeff	P value	Coeff	P value	Coeff	P value	Coeff	P value	Coeff	P value
No Participation	n/a		--		--		--		--
PAM only: Low incentive participation	--		.01	.97	.16	.73	−.05	.005	.00	.62
Completed 8 topics: High incentive only	.94	.03	−.14	.59	−.21	.65	−.05	.007	.01	.26
Went beyond incentive requirements	.99	.005	−.05	.86	−.04	.93	−.04	.01	−.01	.28

^aPAM: patient activation measure

^bModels control for baseline value of the dependent variable, gender, age, terciles of mean income of zip code, and baseline Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACG) risk score.

^cED: emergency department