Table 1.
Characteristics of patients eligible for diabetes screening who visited 1 of the 12 clinics in a safety-net health system from 2010 to 2015
| Teaching clinics | Nonteaching clinics | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Clinic 1 | Clinic 2 | Clinic 3 | Clinic 4 | Clinic 5 | Clinic 6 | Clinic 7 | Clinic 8 | Clinic 9 | Clinic 10 | Clinic 11 | Clinic 12 | |
| Unique patients | |||||||||||||
| N | 56,818 | 2,267 | 1,761 | 9,099 | 6,993 | 5,374 | 4,315 | 6,846 | 1,823 | 6,467 | 7,191 | 1,943 | 2,739 |
| (%) | (100) | (4.0) | (3.1) | (16.0) | (12.3) | (9.5) | (7.6) | (12.1) | (3.2) | (11.4) | (12.7) | (3.4) | (4.8) |
| Age categories, % | |||||||||||||
| 18–29 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 4.8 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 9.0 | 21.6 | 8.3 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 29.3 |
| 30–39 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 11.6 | 15.3 | 24.0 | 22.7 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 20.8 | 21.4 | 42.1 |
| 40–49 | 30.5 | 31.0 | 28.9 | 31.2 | 30.7 | 30.8 | 27.4 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 31.9 | 31.7 | 31.5 | 23.1 |
| 50–59 | 28.5 | 29.1 | 43.3 | 35.3 | 26.2 | 29.2 | 25.6 | 30.2 | 25.9 | 24.9 | 29.9 | 31.3 | 4.8 |
| 60–65 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 0.7 |
| Age (years), median | 46 | 45 | 51 | 49 | 45 | 46 | 43 | 47 | 45 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 35 |
| Female sex, % | 65.6 | 65.4 | 57.9 | 64.1 | 63.6 | 59.9 | 64.8 | 65.4 | 65.9 | 64.3 | 64.7 | 64.4 | 99.5 |
| Race/ethnicity, % | |||||||||||||
| White | 13.7 | 14.6 | 27.6 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 11.7 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 16.7 | 15.3 | 18.9 | 14.7 | 6.0 |
| Black | 32.1 | 20.9 | 41.6 | 76.8 | 15.2 | 21.4 | 34.6 | 20.1 | 15.5 | 11.1 | 36.8 | 33.9 | 23.2 |
| Hispanic | 47.7 | 58.6 | 24.8 | 16.0 | 75.6 | 63.1 | 23.6 | 44.9 | 64.6 | 64.3 | 42.5 | 44.2 | 68.5 |
| Other | 6.5 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 22.8 | 15.5 | 3.2 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 2.3 |
| Marital status, % | |||||||||||||
| Married | 43.9 | 46.1 | 25.3 | 22.3 | 52.0 | 46.8 | 52.2 | 50.5 | 49.2 | 51.9 | 42.6 | 43.2 | 47.5 |
| Weight, % | |||||||||||||
| Normal | 20.2 | 21.5 | 23.8 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 20.4 | 27.8 | 22.7 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 16.5 | 21.8 | 21.8 |
| Overweight | 32.1 | 32.7 | 31.3 | 27.1 | 32.8 | 34.2 | 33.5 | 34.8 | 30.0 | 36.1 | 30.4 | 35.0 | 30.5 |
| Obese | 47.7 | 45.8 | 44.9 | 54.6 | 50.1 | 45.4 | 38.7 | 42.5 | 52.0 | 43.9 | 53.1 | 43.2 | 47.7 |
| BMI (kg/m2), median | 29.6 | 29.4 | 29.3 | 30.7 | 30.0 | 29.4 | 28.3 | 28.9 | 30.3 | 29.1 | 30.6 | 28.8 | 29.6 |
| Insurance, % | |||||||||||||
| Commercial | 7.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 79.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Medicaid | 13.8 | 16.4 | 28.2 | 17.5 | 10.5 | 13.4 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 9.0 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 45.1 |
| Uninsured | 75.5 | 80.1 | 64.2 | 76.9 | 85.5 | 83.3 | 16.3 | 88.3 | 84.0 | 86.1 | 77.9 | 85.9 | 50.9 |
| Self-pay | 3.6 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
| Unemployed, % | 58.9 | 57.9 | 73.3 | 71.6 | 58.4 | 57.7 | 29.3 | 56.7 | 60.3 | 55.0 | 65.0 | 54.5 | 58.7 |
| Ever smoked, % | 32.4 | 26.8 | 50.7 | 48.4 | 28.0 | 32.2 | 21.7 | 27.9 | 28.0 | 25.8 | 40.0 | 27.1 | 15.4 |
| Family history,* % | 20 | 19.9 | 17.9 | 22.3 | 25.0 | 20.5 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 22.6 | 16.2 | 24.2 | 14.2 | 19.3 |
| Prediabetes,† % | 3.1 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| Hypertension,† % | 39.1 | 40.9 | 61.7 | 58.0 | 31.7 | 35.7 | 31.8 | 39.4 | 20.1 | 29.2 | 43.5 | 41.2 | 13.4 |
| Hyperlipidemia,† % | 22.0 | 31.2 | 37.0 | 10.1 | 18.0 | 24.0 | 23.8 | 26.4 | 16.5 | 19.3 | 22.4 | 28.5 | 7.6 |
| Providers seen, % | |||||||||||||
| Attending/physician | 81.3 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 80.1 | 85.2 | 97.7 | 99.9 | 98.2 | 92.3 | 82.2 | 97.1 | 99.5 | 17.7 |
| NP/PA/MW | 11.9 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 19.8 | 14.7 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 7.6 | 17.7 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 75.5 |
| Physician in training§ | 6.8 | 91.1 | 88.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | NA | NA | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | NA | 6.8 |
| Unique providers, n | 601 | 109 | 232 | 104 | 102 | 75 | 13 | 51 | 61 | 73 | 69 | 37 | 264 |
NA, not applicable; MW, midwife; NP, nurse practitioner, PA, physician assistant.
*
Family history of diabetes.
†
Based on ICD-9 codes.
§
Physician in training includes residents and fellows.