Table 2.
Health utilization and clinical characteristics of survey respondents (N=7434). IQR: interquartile range.
| Characteristic | Value | |
| General health (SF-1), n (%) |
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Excellent | 198 (2.66) |
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Very good | 968 (13.02) |
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Good | 2596 (34.92) |
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Fair | 2567 (34.53) |
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Poor | 1105 (14.86) |
| Physician type, n (%) |
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A primary care physician | 2325 (31.28) |
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An internist at a hospital | 101 (1.36) |
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A specialist in my condition | 4456 (59.94) |
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I don’t see a physician | 278 (3.74) |
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I don’t know | 183 (2.46) |
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Prefer to skip | 91 (1.22) |
| Treatment satisfaction, n (%) |
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Extremely dissatisfied | 433 (5.82) |
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Very dissatisfied | 527 (7.09) |
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Dissatisfied | 1013 (13.63) |
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Somewhat satisfied | 2326 (31.29) |
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Satisfied | 1537 (20.68) |
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Very satisfied | 817 (10.99) |
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Extremely satisfied | 397 (5.34) |
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Does not apply | 384 (5.17) |
| Health utilization past 12 months, mean (SD), median (IQR) |
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Emergency department visits | 1.26 (3.52), 0 (0-1) |
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Overnights in the hospital | 2.41 (10.66), 0 (0-1) |
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Separate hospital stays | 1.26 (6.97), 0 (0-1) |
| Adherence (how often do you have difficulty remembering to take your medications?), n (%) |
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Never/rarely | 2614 (35.16) |
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Once in a while | 2211 (29.74) |
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Sometimes | 1608 (21.63) |
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Usually | 514 (6.91) |
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All the time | 295 (3.97) |
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Does not apply | 192 (2.58) |