Table 1.
Patient demographics
| Characteristics | Cost-effectiveness (CE) group N = 38 (27.3%) |
RCT samplea
N = 101 (72.7%) |
p-valueb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 21 (55.3%) | 50 (49.5%) | 0.545 |
| Female | 17 (44.7%) | 51 (50.5%) | |
| Education | |||
| Less than High School | 8 (21.1%) | 18 (17.8%) | 0.663 |
| High school or higher | 30 (78.9%) | 83 (82.2%) | |
| Employment | |||
| Working | 17 (44.7%) | 50 (49.5%) | 0.616 |
| Not working | 21 (55.3%) | 51 (50.5%) | |
| Marital Status | |||
| Married | 8 (21.1%) | 22 (21.8%) | 0.926 |
| Not Married | 30 (78.9%) | 79 (78.2%) | |
| Primary Care Providec | |||
| Yes | 15 (44.1%) | 58 (58.6%) | 0.144 |
| No | 19 (55.9%) | 41 (41.4%) | |
| Insurance Statusd | |||
| Insured | 17 (50%) | 63 (67.7%) | 0.067 |
| Not Insured | 17 (50%) | 30 (32.3%) | |
aExcludes the 38 patients in the cost study sample
b p-values were calculated using Pearson Chi-Square test. They are significant at p < 0.05
cPrimary Care Provider was listed as “unknown” for 4 patients in the CE group and 2 patients in the RCT sample
dInsurance Status was listed as “Unknown” or “Refused” for 4 patients in the CE group and 8 patients in the RCT sample