Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Adult Primary Care Patients Pre- & Post-Implementation of Behavioral Health Integration
| Measure | Pre-implementation N=32,295 | Post-implementation N=39,599 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD)*** | 54.5 | (18.4) | 55.2 | (17.9) | < 0.0001 |
| Male, n (%)* | 12,282 | (38.0) | 15,875 | (40.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Race, n (%)** | < 0.0001 | ||||
| White | 26,504 | (82.1) | 32,912 | (83.1) | |
| Black | 772 | (2.4) | 898 | (2.3) | |
| Asian | 1,899 | (5.9) | 2,021 | (5.1) | |
| Other/Multiracial | 2,231 | (6.9) | 2,608 | (6.6) | |
| Unknown | 889 | (2.8) | 1,160 | (2.9) | |
| Hispanic, n (%)* | 0.022 | ||||
| No | 29,779 | (92.2) | 36,486 | (92.1) | |
| Yes | 1,639 | (5.1) | 1,928 | (4.9) | |
| Unknown | 877 | (2.7) | 1,185 | (3.0) | |
| Diagnoses in prior year, n (%)*† | |||||
| Alcohol use disorder | 578 | (1.8) | 699 | (1.8) | 0.014 |
| Major Depression | 5,878 | (18.2) | 6,778 | (17.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Anxiety disorders‡ | 4,855 | (15.0) | 5,684 | (14.4) | < 0.0001 |
| Other mental health diagnosis | 2,956 | (9.2) | 3,680 | (9.3) | 0.002 |
P value obtained from Fisher’s exact test (*), analysis of variance (**) or Wilcoxon rank sum test (***). Patients with visits in both the pre- & post-implementation periods were excluded from these statistical tests due to these tests’ assumption of independence.
Assessed in the year prior to initial visit to pilot clinic, does not include “in remission” codes
Post traumatic stress disorder; panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, other anxiety