Table 2.
Healthcare Utilization, Comorbidity Score, and Number of Social Risks per Patient by Latent Class
| Total (N = 2533) | Class 1 (N = 421) Most social risk factors |
Class 2 (N = 320) | Class 3 (N = 439) | Class 4 (N = 1353) Fewest social risk factors |
p value for test for difference between class 1 and class 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Utilization | ||||||
| Total utilization | 4.5 (6.7) | 5.5 (8.4) | 5.0 (6.0) | 3.8 (5.0) | 4.3 (6.7) | p = 0.003 | |
| ED utilization | 1.4 (2.8) | 2.1 (4.3) | 1.8 (2.7) | 1.2 (1.7) | 1.2 (2.4) | p < 0.001 | |
| IP utilization | 1.2 (1.6) | 1.5 (2.1) | 1.3 (1.6) | 1.1 (1.4) | 1.1 (1.5) | p < 0.001 | |
| OP utilization | 1.9 (5.1) | 1.8 (4.8) | 1.9 (4.7) | 1.5 (4.0) | 2.0 (5.6) | p = 0.509 | |
| Mean (SD) | Charlson score | 7.0 (3.1) | 6.7 (3.1) | 7.1 (3.2) | 7.1 (3.0) | 7.1 (3.1) | p = 0.021 |
| Percent (N) | Social risks per patient | ||||||
| No social risk | 34 (851) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 63 (851) | p < 0.001 | |
| 1 social risk | 15 (380) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 28 (379) | p < 0.001 | |
| 2 social risks | 10 (254) | 0 (0) | 11 (34) | 25 (110) | 8 (110) | p < 0.001 | |
| 3 social risks | 8 (206) | 0 (0) | 23 (75) | 27 (119) | 1 (12) | p = 0.039 | |
| 4+ social risks | 33 (842) | 100 (421) | 66 (211) | 48 (210) | 0 (0) | p < 0.001 | |