TABLE 1.

Patient characteristics overall, in base year 2013, and first year of sample 2014, by plan switch status (N = 28 537)

Patient characteristic	Plan stayer	Plan switcher	P‐value
Male	0.56	0.55	.31
Mean Age, 2013	9.7	9.5	<.001
Van Walraven Score, 2013	0.83	0.77	<.001
Rural	0.37	0.39	.01
Num. of MDs (2015) per 100 000	245	249	.16
Num. of Hospital Beds (2014) per 100 000	342	337	.14
ED utilization, 2013
0 Visits	0.58	0.55	<.001
1 Visit	0.14	0.15	.05
2+ Visits	0.28	0.29	.02
Connected to Care, 2014	0.5	0.51	.33
Total	21 198	7339

This table reports patient characteristics by plan switch status. Male indicates the share of male patients in each category. Mean age is the patient's average age in 2013. The Van Walraven Score is the patient's comorbidity score in 2013, scaled such that higher numbers represent patients that are relatively less healthy. Rural indicates the share of patients living in a rural county as defined by Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA's) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Num. of MDs represents the average number of physicians (per 100 000 county residents) as of 2015 available in the county (or counties) the patient lived in. Num. of hospital beds (2014) indicates the average number of hospital beds (per 100 000 county residents) as of 2014 in the county (or counties) the patient lived in. Emergency department is abbreviated as ED, and ED utilization shows the share of patients with 0, 1, or 2 or more visits in 2013. Patients who were connected to care had at least one visit with their assigned PCP in 2014. The total row reports all patients in each Stayer and Switcher category. P values are calculated by comparing Switchers to Stayers.