Table 3.
Description of a set of commercially-insured US recipients of ICMs from 2011 to 2018, stratified by guideline concordance.
| Definitely guideline concordant n = 4459 (19%) | Possibly guideline concordant n = 5070 (22%) | Guideline unaddressed n = 3274 (14%) | Non-classifiable n = 10,593 (45%) | |
| Age, yrs; mean (standard deviation) | 51.0 (11.4) | 49.4 (12.1) | 54.4 (9.3) | 50.5 (11.7) |
| 18–34 | 496 (11%) | 724 (14%) | 164 (5%) | 1290 (12%) |
| 35–44 | 569 (13%) | 747 (15%) | 267 (8%) | 1453 (14%) |
| 45–54 | 1209 (27%) | 1399 (28%) | 797 (24%) | 2816 (27%) |
| 55–64 | 2167 (49%) | 2192 (43%) | 2030 (62%) | 5005 (47%) |
| 65 | 18 (< 1%) | 8 (< 1%) | 16 (1%) | 29 (< 1%) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 2245 (50%) | 2317 (46%) | 2008 (61%) | 5103 (48%) |
| Procedure setting | ||||
| Outpatient | 3270 (73%) | 4336 (86%) | 3040 (93%) | 9637 (91%) |
| Plan type | ||||
| Basic major medical or comprehensive | 172 (4%) | 145 (3%) | 111 (3%) | 350 (3%) |
| PPO-like | 3329 (75%) | 3881 (76%) | 2547 (78%) | 8112 (77%) |
| HMO-like | 509 (11%) | 542 (11%) | 311 (10%) | 1095 (10%) |
| HDHP | 280 (6%) | 287 (6%) | 207 (6%) | 569 (5%) |
| Missing | 169 (4%) | 215 (4%) | 98 (3%) | 467 (5%) |
| Region | ||||
| South | 1986 (45%) | 2254 (45%) | 1308 (40%) | 4532 (43%) |
| North Central | 1078 (24%) | 1081 (21%) | 776 (24%) | 2367 (22%) |
| Northeast | 930 (21%) | 1037 (20%) | 823 (25%) | 2334 (22%) |
| West | 442 (10%) | 641 (13%) | 350 (11%) | 1,261 (12%) |
| Unknown | 23 (<1%) | 57 (1%) | 17 (<1%) | 99 (1%) |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index > 1 | 1441 (32%) | 1183 (23%) | 744 (23%) | 2680 (25%) |
HDHP = high deductible health plan, HMO = health maintenance organization, ICM = implantable cardiac monitor, PPO = preferred provider organization.