Table 8.
Results for Tests of Proportion for Access to At Least One 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 | 0.78 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.55 | 0.70 | 0.78 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.31 |
| TM | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.06 | 0.60 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 0.78 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.51 | 0.66 | 0.81 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.31 | |
| TM | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.84 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.09 | 0.72 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 4 stars | Kidney score | MA | 0.52 | 0.70 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.30 | 0.52 | 0.68 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.31 |
| TM | 0.95 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.58 | 0.79 | 0.89 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.58 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 0.68 | 0.87 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.14 | 0.37 | 0.63 | 0.74 | 0.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| TM | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.53 | 0.72 | 0.87 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0.90 | 1.00 | ||
| 90th percentile | Kidney score | MA | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| TM | 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.89 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.67 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.88 | 1.00 | ||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 0.46 | 0.65 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.78 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.31 | |
| TM | 0.94 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.73 | 0.87 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.06 | 0.58 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| PPO | |||||||||||||||||
| 50th percentile | Kidney score | MA | 0.91 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.37 | 0.74 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 1.00 | |||||
| TM | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.85 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 0.90 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.37 | 0.74 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 1.00 | ||||||
| TM | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
| 4 stars | Kidney score | MA | 0.46 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.13 | 0.50 | 0.91 | 0.99 | 1.00 | |||||
| TM | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.66 | 0.89 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1.00 | |||||||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 0.39 | 0.84 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.13 | 0.53 | 0.91 | 0.99 | 1.00 | ||||||
| TM | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.78 | 0.90 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Blood sugar score | MA | 0.11 | 0.28 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.13 | 0.52 | 0.91 | 0.99 | 1.00 | ||||||
| TM | 0.96 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.67 | 0.89 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1.00 | |||||||
Abbreviations: MA, Medicare Advantage; TM, traditional Medicare.
aAll differences between TM and MA are significant at P < .001 unless marked in bold.