Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics for Intervention and Comparison Groups in 2016.
| Characteristics | Intervention (n = 32,455, 25%) |
Comparison (n = 97,365, 75%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| Predisposing Factors | ||||
| Age, mean (SD) | 79.04 (7.37) | 78.93 (7.86) | ||
| Male | 11,094 | 34.18 | 33,282 | 34.18 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Whites | 22,775 | 70.17 | 68,325 | 70.17 |
| Blacks (African Americans) | 4,377 | 13.49 | 13,131 | 13.49 |
| Hispanics | 3,647 | 11.24 | 10,941 | 11.24 |
| Asians/Pacific Islanders | 1,199 | 3.69 | 3,597 | 3.69 |
| Other | 457 | 1.41 | 1,371 | 1.41 |
| % Married-couple Families, mean (SD)* | 0.72 (0.07) | 0.72 (0.07) | ||
| % Education >= High School, mean (SD)* | 0.86 (0.06) | 0.86 (0.06) | ||
| Per Capita Income (in $1,000), mean (SD)* | 48.39 (17.13) | 48.77 (16.23) | ||
| % No Insurance, mean (SD)* | 0.10 (0.05) | 0.10 (0.05) | ||
| Enabling Factors | ||||
| Metropolitan Statistical Area* | 26,367 | 81.24 | 79,262 | 81.41 |
| Health Professional Shortage Area* | 29,727 | 91.59 | 89,350 | 91.77 |
| Census Regions* | ||||
| Northeast | 7,844 | 24.17 | 24,051 | 24.70 |
| Midwest | 6,731 | 20.74 | 20,260 | 20.81 |
| South | 12,900 | 39.75 | 38,024 | 39.05 |
| West | 4,980 | 15.34 | 15,030 | 15.44 |
| Need Factor | ||||
| Risk Adjustment Summary Score, mean (SD) | 2.40 (1.60) | 2.55 (1.41) | ||
Note:
*
indicates a county-level characteristic.
All characteristics were similar between the intervention and comparison groups, except for risk adjustment summary score (p < .001).
Abbreviation: SD=standard deviation.