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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Aug;57(8):897–903. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000488

Table 2. Unadjusted Descriptive Statistics on Emory Employee HPI vs. Non-HPI Population.

Emory Employee HPI Population Emory Employee Non-HPI Population


Year 2008 Year 2009 Year 2010 Year 2008 Year 2009 Year 2010


Population (Unique Members) 548 551 538 22,161 22,223 22,679


Health Plan Member Months 6,431 6,529 6,342 232,835 240,259 241,266


Active Employment Months 6,165 6,329 6,185 196,156 205,394 208,472


Plan Type as %


CDHP 4.2% 5.1% 6.5% 2.0% 2.9% 3.8%


POS 68.4% 69.0% 93.3% 66.6% 67.3% 94.5%


PPO 27.4% 26.0% 0.2% 31.5% 29.8% 1.7%


Demographics


Percent Male 31.9% 31.9% 31.4% 32.7% 32.6% 32.8%


Mean Age in 2008 46.7 46.6 46.5 42.8 42.3 41.6


Age 20-29 % in 2008 4.9% 5.1% 5.2% 17.4% 19.4% 21.5%


Age 30-39 % in 2008 21.2% 21.4% 21.0% 28.0% 26.9% 26.2%


Age 40-49 % in 2008 30.7% 30.5% 31.0% 24.3% 24.2% 23.8%


Age 50-59 % in 2008 35.6% 35.4% 35.1% 19.3% 19.0% 18.3%


Age 60+ % in 2008 7.7% 7.6% 7.4% 10.8% 10.2% 9.5%


Employee Type as %


Active Full Time 95.8% 96.2% 97.8% 84.9% 86.0% 87.1%


Active Part Time Seasonal 3.6% 2.7% 0.7% 7.7% 7.6% 6.2%


COBRA Continuee 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%


Early Retiree 0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5%


Medicare Eligible Retiree 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 3.7% 3.8% 3.9%
Other/Unknown 0.5% 0.5% 0.7% 2.5% 2.2% 2.3%


Comorbidity Burden and Healthcare Utilization


Charlson Comorbidity Index Mean 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.23 0.25 0.23


ED Visits per 1000 members 31.7 38.6 54.9 76.5 73.5 56.3


Hospital Stays per 1000 members 14.9 33.1 49.2 58.5 56.6 59.9


Average Length of Stay in days 2.5 2.9 3.6 4.1 3.7 3.5


Professional Encounters Mean PMPY 11.5 12.3 11.1 10.3 10.8 10.0


Prescriptions Filled Mean PMPY 11.6 12.0 11.7 12.1 12.7 12.2


Mean Expenditures - Per Member Per Month


Total $ 329.15 $ 389.10 $ 404.16 $ 406.73 $ 437.03 $ 414.07


Facility $ 80.07 $ 117.95 $ 135.88 $ 154.62 $ 168.15 $ 159.57


Professional $ 155.10 $ 169.37 $ 168.72 $ 148.17 $ 157.75 $ 143.41


Pharmacy $ 93.98 $ 101.78 $ 99.55 $ 104.37 $ 111.13 $ 111.08


Only Emory members identified as policy holders in the insurance enrollment file were counted as employees and included in study population

Individual person-member-months with no medical coverage indicated in the insurance enrollment file were excluded from the study population

One individual outlier who had 189 inpatient hospital facility encounters in 2010 for mental health treatment was excluded from the study population