Table 5.
Medication | Total patients | African American | Non-Hispanic white | p |
Enterprise-wide outpatients | ||||
AD/MCI patients | 3,072 | 651 | 2,421 | |
Covered | 2,855 (92.9%) | 596 (91.6%) | 2,259 (93.3%) | 0.13 |
Memory Disorders | ||||
AD/MCI patients | 1,047 | 151 | 896 | |
Covered | 987 (94.3%) | 140 (92.7%) | 847 (94.5%) | 0.34 |
Other Neurology | ||||
AD/MCI patients | 783 | 112 | 671 | |
Covered | 737 (94.1%) | 105 (93.8%) | 632 (94.2%) | 0.83 |
Primary Medicine | ||||
AD/MCI patients | 311 | 149 | 162 | |
Covered | 283 (91.0%) | 135 (90.6%) | 148 (91.4%) | 0.85 |
Geriatrics | ||||
AD/MCI patients | 616 | 196 | 420 | |
Covered | 566 (91.9%) | 177 (90.3%) | 389 (92.6%) | 0.34 |
Data presented as counts (percentages) with patient percentages taken out of racial subset total for each clinic setting; p values taken from conditional maximum likelihood exact test comparing African American proportions to non-Hispanic white proportions within each clinical setting. Covered patients had insurance coverage under either federally funded (Medicare A/B, Medicaid, Champus) or commercial programs. AD, Alzheimer’s disease; MCI, mild cognitive impairment.