Table 1:
Characteristics of patients who received comprehensive medication management pre- and post-PCT
| Characteristic | Pre-PCT (n= 554) |
Post-PCT (n= 880) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex n (%) | 0.9844 | ||
| Female | 300 (54.2%) | 477 (54.2%) | |
| Age n (%) | 0.1184 | ||
| 18-34 | 15 (2.7%) | 43 (4.9%) | |
| 35-50 | 76 (13.7%) | 122 (13.9%) | |
| 51-65 | 217 (39.2%) | 308 (35.0%) | |
| 65+ | 246 (44.4%) | 407 (46.3%) | |
| Race n (%) | 0.2470 | ||
| White | 456 (82.3%) | 704 (80.0%) | |
| Black or African American | 44 (7.9%) | 78 (8.9%) | |
| Asian | 28 (5.1 %) | 54 (6.1%) | |
| Other | 7 (1.3%) | 10 (1.1%) | |
| Unknown | 19 (3.4%) | 34 (3.9%) | |
| Mean number of conditions (SD) | 15.3 (9.55) | 18.3 (11.8) | <0.001 |
| Select Elixhauser Conditions | |||
| Diabetes | 127 (22.9%) | 238 (27.0%) | 0.0811 |
| Hypertension | 134 (24.2%) | 234 (26.6%) | 0.3103 |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 118 (21.3%) | 196 (22.3%) | 0.6644 |
| Depression | 122 (22.0%) | 214 (24.3%) | 0.3175 |
| Obesity | 202 (36.5%) | 323 (36.7%) | 0.9261 |
| Mean number of medications (SD) | 14 (8.14) | 14.2 (8.15) | 0.5279 |
| Number of in-person PCP visits n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| 0 | 216 (39.0%) | 237 (26.9%) | |
| 1 | 58 (10.5%) | 126 (14.3%) | |
| 2 | 65 (11.7%) | 168 (19.1%) | |
| 3 | 60 (10.8%) | 118 (13.4%) | |
| 4+ | 155 (28.0%) | 231 (26.3%) | |
| Mean count of hospitalizations (SD) | 0.4 (1) | 0.4 (1.01) | 0.5214 |
| Mean count of ED visits (SD) | 0.4 (1.06) | 0.5 (1.24) | 0.3986 |
PCT primary care transformation, PCP primary care provider, ED emergency department