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. 2018 Mar 21;4(2):221–226. doi: 10.1016/j.artd.2018.02.002

Table 2.

Demographic information comparing the baseline period to the redesign period.

Baseline Study period
Number of patients 696 840
 Medicare 288 (41%) 348 (41%)
 Non-Medicare 408 (59%) 492 (59%)
Average body mass index 32.1 31.7
 Medicare 31.7 31.3
 Non-Medicare 32.4 32.0
Average age (y) 62 62
 Medicare 69 69
 Non-Medicare 58 58
Average Charlson Comorbidity Index 2.24 2.27
 Medicare 2.04 2.4
 Non-Medicare 2.38 2.18