Table 2.

Patient and institutional characteristics within CHCs by PCMH designation status

	PCMH designation status
Patient and facility characteristics	No designated Sites	With designated sites	p value
CHC characteristics
Mean number of delivery sites (SD)	4.3 (4.2)	7.4 (7.0)	< 0.0001
Urban	82 (31.0)	317 (40.8)	0.006
Total average patients (SD)	11,329 (13,047)	27,212 (29,720)	< 0.0001
Total costs per patient ($)	1006 (746)	1048 (591)	0.970
Patient case mix characteristics
Children (under age 18)	23.6	28.3	< 0.0001
Adult (18–64)	66.5	61.2	< 0.0001
Older adults (age 65 and over)	10.5	10.0	0.267
Minority	56.2	54.9	0.582
Below 200% poverty line	90.1	89.6	0.527
Uninsured	28.2	23.0	< 0.0001
Medicaid/CHIP	40.2	44.8	0.001
Medicare	11.6	11.5	0.742
Hypertensive	28.8	29.3	0.478
Diabetic	15.7	15.5	0.601

All values in the table are percentages, unless noted with a ‘(SD)’ or ‘$’