Table 1.
Descriptive analysis.
| Variables | Pre—(1997–2004) N = 3990 |
Post—(2005–2013) N = 4061 |
Total—(1997–2013) N = 8051 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | p | N (%) | p | N (%) | p | |
| Patient’s Characteristics | ||||||
| Gender | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |||
| Male | 2149 (53.9%) | 2255 (55.5%) | 4404 (54.7%) | |||
| Female | 1841 (46.1%) | 1806 (44.5%) | 3647 (45.3%) | |||
| Age | 0.442 | 0.068 | 0.746 | |||
| MEAN ± SD | 61.43 ± 9.53 | 62.09 ± 9.88 | 61.76 ± 9.71 | |||
| CCI | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |||
| MEAN ± SD | 3.68 ± 1.81 | 3.37 ± 1.88 | 3.52 ± 1.86 | |||
| None | 496 (12.4%) | 593 (14.6%) | 1089 (13.5%) | |||
| Low (<5) | 500 (12.5%) | 695 (17.1%) | 1195 (14.8%) | |||
| Median | 737 (18.5%) | 863 (21.3%) | 1600 (19.9%) | |||
| High (>8) | 2257 (56.6%) | 1910 (47.0%) | 4167 (51.8%) | |||
| Premium/Month | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |||
| Dependency | 1369 (34.3%) | 1328 (32.7%) | 2697 (33.5%) | |||
| <620 USD | 867 (21.7%) | 783 (19.3%) | 1650 (20.5%) | |||
| 620–760 USD | 1084 (27.2%) | 1065 (26.2%) | 2149 (26.7%) | |||
| 761–1210 USD | 252 (6.3%) | 312 (7.7%) | 564 (7.0%) | |||
| 1211–1526 USD | 209 (5.2%) | 283 (7.0%) | 492 (6.1%) | |||
| >1526 USD | 209 (5.2%) | 290 (7.1%) | 499 (6.2%) | |||
| Provider’s Characteristics | ||||||
| No of PH (Person No/Year) | 0.939 ± 2.449 | 1.151 ± 5.815 | 1.051 ± 4.231 | |||
| Location | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |||
| North | 2073 (52.0%) | 2131 (52.5%) | 4204 (52.2%) | |||
| West | 750 (18.8%) | 713 (17.6%) | 1463 (18.2%) | |||
| South | 1058 (26.5%) | 1140 (28.1%) | 2198 (27.3%) | |||
| East | 81 (2.0%) | 65 (1.6%) | 146 (1.8%) | |||
| Off-Island | 28 (0.7%) | 12 (0.3%) | 40 (0.5%) | |||
| Level | <0.0001 | 0.061 | <0.0001 | |||
| Medical Center | 2066 (51.8%) | 2766 (68.1%) | 4832 (60.0%) | |||
| Regional Hospital | 647 (16.2%) | 429 (10.6%) | 1076 (13.4%) | |||
| District Hospital | 596 (14.9%) | 489 (12.0%) | 1085 (13.5%) | |||
| Clinics | 681 (17.1%) | 377 (9.3%) | 1058 (13.1%) | |||