Table 1.
Baseline patient characteristics
| Factor | Value (n = 59,955) |
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Age (mean years (SD)) | 51.7 (17.1) |
| Area Deprivation Index (National Percentile) | 30.8 (19.2) |
| Race | |
| White | 54,251 (90.5%) |
| Other | 2491 (4.2%) |
| Asian | 1391 (2.3%) |
| Black or African American | 437 (0.7%) |
| American Indian/Native Alaskan | 250 (0.4%) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 277 (0.5%) |
| Unknown | 858 (1.4%) |
| Sex (female) | 38,330 (63.9%) |
| Insurance | |
| Medicaid | 943 (1.6%) |
| Medicare | 14,376 (24.1%) |
| Other government (IHS, VA) | 8123 (13.6%) |
| Commercial | 36,033 (60.5%) |
| Workers' Compensation | 137 (0.22%) |
| Visit characteristics | |
| Press Ganey Scores | |
| Total Score | |
| Mean (SD) | 91.4 (11.9) |
| 33rd percentile | 91.7 |
| Provider Sub-Score | |
| Mean (SD) | 93.1 (14.8) |
| 33rd percentile | 97.5 |
| Specialty type | |
| Internal medicine | 10,552 (17.6%) |
| Medicine other | 26,748 (44.6%) |
| Surgical | 22,655 (37.8%) |
| Provider type | |
| Nurse | 2944 (4.9%) |
| Other | 3456 (5.8%) |
| Physician assistant | 5654 (9.4%) |
| Physician | 47,878 (79.9%) |
| Unknown | 23 (0.0%) |
| Wait time (Minutes) | 14.0 (16.5) |
Continuous data presented as mean ± standard deviation; categorical data presented as number of patients and (percentage)
HIS Indian Health Service, SD standard deviation, VA Veterans Affairs