Table 2.

Mean and Median Rating for 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
Star rating
MA	Mean kidney score	2.50	2.51	2.51	2.53	2.51	2.82	2.77	2.71	2.58	2.54			2.90	2.71	2.71
TM		2.32	2.32	2.31	2.33	2.31	2.76	2.71	2.59	2.39	2.32			2.80	2.62	2.47
MA	Mean blood sugar score	2.77	2.77	2.78	2.79	2.83	3.13	3.03	3.02	2.95	2.96			3.19	3.00	3.00
TM		2.87	2.83	2.79	2.80	2.84	3.19	3.08	3.02	2.87	2.82			3.29	2.82	2.74
MA	Median kidney score	2.52	2.61	2.54	2.66	2.66	2.79	2.68	2.75	2.73	2.71			2.83	3.00	3.00
TM		2.40	2.25	2.09	2.08	2.08	2.70	2.68	2.66	2.25	2.09			3.00	3.00	2.97
MA	Median blood sugar score	2.80	2.79	2.83	2.85	2.86	3.22	3.07	3.07	3.02	3.06			3.57	3.00	2.99
TM		3.00	2.98	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.39	3.25	3.18	3.00	3.00			3.20	3.00	3.00
Percentile
MA	Mean kidney score	47.51	48.34	48.49	48.83	48.50	57.33	55.79	53.79	50.76	49.72			54.32	54.43	54.39
TM		44.95	45.34	44.94	45.48	45.37	56.28	54.82	51.92	46.99	45.52			56.41	52.88	48.90
MA	Mean blood sugar score	57.64	57.76	58.30	58.70	59.29	65.30	63.45	63.72	62.10	62.29			62.70	62.29	62.22
TM		59.64	58.63	57.48	57.73	58.38	66.83	64.43	63.04	59.50	58.12			69.60	57.94	55.84
MA	Median kidney score	47.68	49.01	49.76	50.69	49.97	58.55	56.95	55.28	51.79	50.38			58.18	62.00	61.86
TM		43.88	44.89	45.25	45.54	44.95	58.22	56.81	54.06	47.57	45.38			63.71	56.86	52.45
MA	Median blood sugar score	58.63	58.86	59.51	59.93	60.62	67.18	65.25	65.38	64.54	64.80			69.55	71.00	70.59
TM		62.49	61.80	61.13	61.70	61.88	69.86	68.11	67.16	63.60	61.77			73.80	60.60	58.96
PPO
Star rating
MA	Mean kidney score	2.67	2.48	2.45	2.50	2.52	2.63	2.29	2.18	2.47	3.00
TM		2.29	2.28	2.27	2.30	2.29	2.34	2.19	2.01	2.00	2.00
MA	Mean blood sugar score	2.78	2.58	2.65	2.73	2.85	3.13	3.16	3.31	2.87	2.79
TM		2.85	2.82	2.79	2.80	2.84	3.30	3.25	3.13	2.89	2.82
MA	Median kidney score	2.63	2.29	2.18	2.47	3.00	3.05	3.00	3.07	2.81	2.75
TM		2.34	2.19	2.01	2.00	2.00	2.90	2.79	2.74	2.20	2.00
MA	Median blood sugar score	2.79	2.43	2.24	2.96	3.00	3.12	3.17	3.36	3.04	3.00
TM		2.96	2.98	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.47	3.51	3.34	3.00	3.00
Percentile
MA	Mean kidney score	53.04	49.58	49.41	50.86	52.22	67.85	65.81	65.83	54.68	51.67
TM		44.05	44.32	44.19	44.76	44.82	59.87	57.89	54.47	46.90	44.81
MA	Mean blood sugar score	60.96	54.84	55.73	57.73	59.81	67.68	68.74	73.27	61.90	58.66
TM		59.20	58.44	57.62	57.69	58.38	68.77	67.83	65.63	60.02	58.12
MA	Median kidney score	54.45	50.46	48.59	49.41	51.09	67.77	66.28	66.57	55.46	50.46
TM		42.32	43.41	44.14	44.45	44.05	63.29	60.49	57.32	47.25	44.11
MA	Median blood sugar score	60.48	52.00	48.48	59.44	61.91	67.48	68.65	74.22	63.22	60.82
TM		61.99	61.70	61.43	61.78	62.01	69.51	71.47	69.83	64.55	62.01

Abbreviations: MA, Medicare Advantage; TM, traditional Medicare.

^aAll differences between TM and PM are significant at P ≤ .001 unless marked in bold.