Table 11.
Results for t Test for the Number of Higher Quality Endocrinologists.a
| Large Metropolitan | Metropolitan | Micropolitan and Rural | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles | 15 | 30 | 60 | 120 | 240 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 120 | 240 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 120 | 240 | ||
| HMO | |||||||||||||||||
| 50th percentile | Kidney score | MA | 3.90 | 10.24 | 16.36 | 20 | 20.35 | 1.21 | 3.13 | 9.45 | 19.43 | 21.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 1.25 | 1.27 |
| TM | 14.17 | 37.3 | 59.32 | 73.72 | 79.43 | 3.10 | 9.01 | 30.05 | 65.02 | 79.61 | 0.06 | 0.76 | 7.66 | 35.5 | 73.71 | ||
| % | 27.52 | 27.45 | 27.58 | 27.13 | 25.62 | 39.03 | 34.74 | 31.45 | 29.88 | 27.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.36 | 3.52 | 1.72 | ||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 4.09 | 10.75 | 17.50 | 20.85 | 21.53 | 1.37 | 3.73 | 10.29 | 20.81 | 23.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 1.25 | 1.26 | |
| TM | 20.02 | 49.66 | 77.60 | 94.45 | 103.71 | 3.65 | 10.98 | 36.76 | 81.91 | 101.87 | 0.21 | 1.75 | 9.27 | 35.93 | 82.54 | ||
| % | 20.43 | 21.65 | 22.55 | 22.08 | 20.76 | 37.53 | 33.97 | 27.99 | 25.41 | 22.99 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.90 | 3.48 | 1.53 | ||
| 4 stars | Kidney score | MA | 0.88 | 2.55 | 4.5 | 5.43 | 5.44 | 0.38 | 1.08 | 2.81 | 5.64 | 6.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.31 | 0.31 |
| TM | 2.79 | 7.97 | 14.43 | 17.97 | 18.07 | 0.96 | 2.62 | 7.09 | 15.21 | 18.22 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 1.82 | 6.28 | 13.68 | ||
| % | 31.54 | 31.99 | 31.19 | 30.22 | 30.11 | 39.58 | 41.22 | 39.63 | 37.08 | 34.80 | 0.00 | 16.48 | 4.94 | 2.27 | |||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 2.68 | 6.38 | 10.52 | 12.35 | 12.97 | 0.95 | 2.28 | 6.24 | 12.54 | 14.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.94 | 0.94 | |
| TM | 11.42 | 26.73 | 42.21 | 51.29 | 56.96 | 2.36 | 6.00 | 19.57 | 44.28 | 54.83 | 0.12 | 0.93 | 4.44 | 14.67 | 35.63 | ||
| % | 23.47 | 23.87 | 24.92 | 24.08 | 22.77 | 40.25 | 38.00 | 31.89 | 28.32 | 25.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.74 | 6.41 | 2.64 | ||
| 90th percentile | Kidney score | MA | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| TM | 0.1 | 0.32 | 0.89 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.67 | 1.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.88 | 1.83 | ||
| % | 20.00 | 28.13 | 28.09 | 28.00 | 28.00 | 0.00 | 21.43 | 32.84 | 33.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 0.88 | 2.12 | 3.6 | 4.47 | 4.54 | 0.17 | 0.69 | 2.55 | 4.87 | 5.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| TM | 4.73 | 11.08 | 17.81 | 21.02 | 22.34 | 0.64 | 2.15 | 8.3 | 18.03 | 21.57 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.29 | 4.41 | 12.46 | ||
| % | 18.60 | 19.13 | 20.21 | 21.27 | 20.32 | 26.56 | 32.09 | 30.72 | 27.01 | 24.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| PPO | |||||||||||||||||
| 50th percentile | Kidney score | MA | 1.30 | 3.78 | 7.58 | 9.93 | 12.00 | 0.42 | 1.47 | 4.37 | 8.97 | 11.00 | |||||
| TM | 14.75 | 39.23 | 62.08 | 76.13 | 81.9 | 3.61 | 10.1 | 31.44 | 71.7 | 79.26 | |||||||
| % | 8.81 | 9.64 | 12.21 | 13.04 | 14.65 | 11.63 | 14.55 | 13.90 | 12.51 | 13.88 | |||||||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 1.27 | 3.69 | 7.44 | 9.93 | 11.91 | 0.47 | 1.66 | 4.59 | 9.26 | 10.8 | ||||||
| TM | 21.38 | 53.31 | 82.96 | 99.58 | 108.75 | 4.18 | 12.2 | 38.86 | 92.48 | 104.79 | |||||||
| % | 5.94 | 6.92 | 8.97 | 9.97 | 10.95 | 11.24 | 13.61 | 11.81 | 10.01 | 10.31 | |||||||
| 4 stars | Kidney score | MA | 0.46 | 1.34 | 2.83 | 3.98 | 4.00 | 0.13 | 0.55 | 1.78 | 3.52 | 4.00 | |||||
| TM | 2.95 | 8.46 | 15.38 | 18.9 | 19.00 | 1.11 | 3.03 | 7.89 | 17.3 | 19.00 | |||||||
| % | 15.59 | 15.84 | 18.40 | 21.06 | 21.05 | 11.71 | 18.15 | 22.56 | 20.35 | 21.05 | |||||||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 0.57 | 1.55 | 3.71 | 4.98 | 6.91 | 0.13 | 0.79 | 2.93 | 4.96 | 5.81 | ||||||
| TM | 12.23 | 28.96 | 45.7 | 55.01 | 60.82 | 2.92 | 7.03 | 21.27 | 51.55 | 58.57 | |||||||
| % | 4.66 | 5.35 | 8.12 | 9.05 | 11.36 | 4.45 | 11.24 | 13.78 | 9.62 | 9.92 | |||||||
| 90th percentile | Kidney score | MA | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.89 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.55 | 1.00 | |||||
| TM | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.89 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.55 | 1.00 | |||||||
| % | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |||||||||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 0.25 | 0.72 | 2.72 | 3.98 | 4.00 | 0.13 | 0.73 | 2.52 | 3.97 | 4.00 | ||||||
| TM | 5.07 | 12.03 | 19.34 | 22.64 | 24.00 | 0.82 | 2.59 | 9.35 | 21.35 | 23.5 | |||||||
| % | 4.93 | 5.99 | 14.06 | 17.58 | 16.67 | 15.85 | 28.19 | 26.95 | 18.59 | 17.02 | |||||||
Abbreviations: MA, Medicare Advantage; TM, traditional Medicare.
aAll differences between TM and MA are significant at P < .001 unless marked in bold.