Table 1.
Characteristics of study sites and patients
| All Sites ( N = 158) | Initially responsive sites ( N = 69) a | Initially non-responsive sites ( N = 89) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall ( N = 89 sites) | Randomized to Enhanced REP ( N = 40 sites) | Randomized to Standard REP ( N = 49 sites) | |||
| Site characteristics | |||||
| Region | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| Northeast | 41 (25.95) | 19 (27.54) | 22 (24.72) | 12 (30.00) | 10 (20.41) |
| Midwest | 38 (24.05) | 15 (21.74) | 23 (25.84) | 13 (32.50) | 10 (20.41) |
| South | 45 (28.48) | 23 (33.33) | 22 (24.72) | 8 (20.00) | 14 (28.57) |
| West | 34 (21.52) | 12 (17.39) | 22 (24.72) | 7 (17.50) | 15 (30.61) |
| Site provides outpatient care only | 19 (12.03) | 9 (13.04) | 10 (11.24) | 4 (10.00) | 6 (12.24) |
| Mean total number of patients at site as of fiscal year 2012 | 40,858 (21,346) | 41,943 (22,867) | 40,016 (20,179) | 41,427 (18,216) | 38,865 (21,770) |
| Mean number of patients diagnosed with serious mental illness lost to care on site list | 17 (6) | 17 (6) | 17 (7) | 17 (6) | 17 (7) |
| Patient characteristics | N = 5,047 patients | N = 1,972 patients | N = 3,075 patients | N = 1,543 patients | N = 1,532 patients |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Male | 4,550 (90.2) | 1,768 (89.7) | 2,782 (90.5) | 1,405 (91.1) | 1,377 (89.9) |
| Black | 886 (17.6) | 322 (16.3) | 564 (18.3) | 329 (21.3) | 235 (15.3)* |
| Married | 1,363 (27.0) | 548 (27.8) | 815 (26.5) | 405 (26.3) | 410 (26.8) |
| Service Connected | 1,422 (28.2) | 561 (28.5) | 861 (28.0) | 424 (27.5) | 437 (28.5) |
| Homeless | 650 (12.9) | 227 (11.5) | 423 (13.8) | 229 (14.8) | 194 (12.7) |
| Schizophrenia Diagnosis | 2,017 (39.9) | 739 (37.5) | 1,278 (41.6)* | 683 (44.3) | 595 (38.8)* |
| Last encounter at Site was inpatient | 247 (4.9) | 109 (5.5) | 138 (4.5) | 69 (4.5) | 69 (4.5) |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 55.1 (14.3) | 54.4 (14.3) | 55.5 (14.4)* | 55.5 (14.1) | 55.6 (14.6) |
| Number of comorbidities, mean (SD) | 1.4 (1.7) | 1.5 (1.7) | 1.4 (1.6) | 1.4 (1.6) | 1.5 (1.7) |
aNon-responsive sites were defined as <80% of patients at the site with an updated documentation of current status; Responsive sites had ≥80% documentation of current status, as of March 2012.
*P value < 0.05 based on Rao-Scott chi-square test for categorical variables and two-tailed t test for continuous variables.