TABLE 1.2 |.

Population Characteristics: Disease Management Gaps Only.

Population characteristics	MDI Clinics N = 538	Non-MDI Clinics N = 538	p-value	Standardized Difference
Baseline gap type
Disease management alone	538 (100.0%)	538 (100.0%)	NA	NA
Exact-matched variables
Age (mean ± S.D.; matched within 5 yrs.)	72.5 ± 5.4	72.6 ± 5.4	0.77	0.02
Sex (exact match)
Male (vs. female)	285 (53.0%)	285 (53.0%)	1.00	0.00
Propensity-matched variables			0.73
CCI 0	154 (28.6%)	149 (27.7%)		0.01
CCI 1	122 (22.7%)	133 (24.7%)		0.03
CCI 2+	262 (48.7%)	256 (47.6%)		0.01
Current smoker
Yes (vs. no)	82 (15.2%)	73 (13.6%)	0.44	0.03
ED use in previous 12 months
Yes (vs. no)	93 (17.3%)	96 (17.8%)	0.81	0.01
Hospitalization in previous 12 months
Yes (vs. no)	44 (8.2%)	46 (8.6%)	0.83	0.01
Systemic conditions (% yes)
Diabetes-Mellitus (DM)	325 (60.4%)	320 (59.5%)	0.76	0.01
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)	5 (0.9%)	7 (1.3%)	0.56	0.03
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)	79 (14.7%)	75 (13.9%)	0.73	0.01
Cardiovascular Disease (CAD)	106 (19.7%)	95 (17.7%)	0.39	0.04
Hypertension (HTN)	429 (79.7%)	419 (77.9%)	0.46	0.02
Periodontal disease status			0.32
Healthy/early	355 (66.0%)	372 (69.1%)		0.03
Moderate	124 (23.1%)	123 (22.9%)		0.00
Advanced	27 (5.0%)	23 (4.3%)		0.02
Missing	32 (6.0%)	20 (3.7%)		0.07
Total open gaps at index visit (mean ± S.D.)	1.5 ± 0.9	1.4 ± 0.9	0.47	0.04
Non-Propensity matched variables
SESb: Area Deprivation Index (ADI) (Mean ± SD)	4.9 ± 2.2	4.5 ± 2.4	0.01	0.16

N = 1,076 (20.9% of total population)^a.

^aPopulation includes population of Medicare patients age ≥ 65 with 1+ care gaps at baseline. P-value from t-test for age, count of open gaps at baseline, and ADI state rank; P-value from chi-square for all other variables.

^bSES, socioeconomic status.