Table 2.
Characteristics | Utilization phenotype | |||
E | F | G | Total sample | |
Size of group (n) | 2082 | 430 | 40 | 24,324 |
Age, years, mean (SD) | 65.1 (16.8) | 67.4 (16.3) | 60.5 (14.4) | 52.7 (17.9) |
Male, n (%) | 716 (34.4) | 158 (36.7) | 8 (20) | 9170 (37.7) |
White, n (%) | 799 (38.4) | 191 (44.4) | 14 (35) | 11,943 (49.1) |
Asian, n (%) | 525 (25.2) | 76 (18) | 4 (10) | 5400 (22.2) |
Black, n (%) | 385 (18.5) | 102 (23.7) | 17 (43) | 2165 (8.9) |
Commercial, n (%) | 431 (20.7) | 26 (6) | 3 (8) | 14,665 (60.3) |
Medicare or Medicaid, n (%) | 1628 (78.2) | 402 (93.5) | 37 (93) | 9219 (38.0) |
Other payer, n (%) | 23 (1) | 2 (1) | N/Aa | 440 (1.8) |
Active medications at PCPb visit, mean (SD) | 11 (5) | 15.7 (6.1) | 16.2 (9.3) | 4.7 (5.2) |
Primary care visits, mean (SD) | 7 (2.8) | 11.5 (4.5) | 33.2 (10) | 2.3 (3) |
Weighted primary care visits, mean (SD) | 10.7 (4.4) | 19.1 (7.8) | 53.1 (15.6) | 3.2 (4.7) |
No-show visits, mean (SD) | 1.8 (2.4) | 4.3 (4.9) | 6.2 (5.3) | 0.7 (1.6) |
Urgent care visits, mean (SD) | 0.2 (0.7) | 0.5 (1.2) | 1.2 (2.4) | 0.1 (0.5) |
Telephone encounters, mean (SD) | 5.9 (3.8) | 19.4 (10.3) | 18.5 (22.5) | 1.9 (3.8) |
Emergency department visits, mean (SD) | 0.5 (1) | 1.6 (2.9) | 1.8 (2.1) | 0.2 (0.7) |
Emergent hospitalizations, mean (SD) | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.9 (1.7) | 0.9 (1.5) | 0.1 (0.4) |
Elective hospitalizations, mean (SD) | 0 (0.2) | 0.1 (0.4) | 0 (0.2) | 0 (0.1) |
Specialist visits (capped), mean (SD) | 4.4 (3.3) | 11.5 (8.2) | 7.6 (9.2) | 3.2 (4.9) |
Infusion visits, mean (SD) | 0.1 (2.2) | 0.1 (1.1) | 0 (0.2) | 0.1 (1.5) |
Transfusion visits, mean (SD) | 0 (0.6) | 0.5 (3.3) | 0.2 (1.3) | 0.1 (1.1) |
Radiology or procedure visits, mean (SD) | 1.5 (1.7) | 2.7 (3) | 2.5 (2.9) | 0.8 (1.5) |
Secure electronic messages to patient, mean (SD) | 3.4 (7.8) | 5.6 (14.6) | 5 (14.5) | 2.4 (6.1) |
Secure electronic messages from patient, mean (SD) | 4.4 (10.4) | 8.1 (22.3) | 8.6 (25.5) | 3.1 (8.1) |
aN/A: not applicable.
bPCP: primary care physician.