Table 3.
Unweighted health services utilization and spending by continuity of care tertile
| Continuity of Care Index | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Overall (N=1416369) |
Low (N=486276) |
Medium (N=445710) |
High (N=484383) |
| Any health services utilization or testing, No. (%) | ||||
| Hospitalization | 668824 (47.2) | 250273 (51.5) | 225523 (50.6) | 193028 (39.9) |
| ACSC hospitalization |
189809 (13.4) | 66892 (13.8) | 64654 (14.5) | 58263 (12.0) |
| ED visit | 667589 (47.1) | 242890 (50.0) | 217784 (48.9) | 206915 (42.7) |
| CT Head | 668758 (47.2) | 246952 (50.8) | 222721 (50.0) | 199085 (41.1) |
| Chest X-ray | 896660 (63.3) | 325978 (67.0) | 296288 (66.5) | 274394 (56.7) |
| Urinalysis | 605541 (42.8) | 237329 (48.8) | 198560 (44.6) | 169652 (35.0) |
| Urine Culture | 270027 (19.1) | 99063 (20.4) | 89448 (20.1) | 81516 (16.8) |
| Healthcare spending per beneficiary, mean (SD), $ | ||||
| Total | 22740 (29597) | 26768 (33359) | 24454 (29971) | 17104 (23792) |
| Hospital & SNF | 12543 (22773) | 15259 (25974) | 13748 (23252) | 8697 (17822) |
| Physician | 4576 (5513) | 5657 (6002) | 4947 (5751) | 3144 (4349) |
ACSC = ambulatory care sensitive condition; ED = emergency department; CT= computed tomography; SD = standard deviation; SNF = skilled nursing facility