Table 3.
Age-standardized prevalence of health outcomes and healthcare utilization
| Baseline | Follow-up | p value (baseline vs. follow-up) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did not gentrify | Gentrified | Total | Did not gentrify | Gentrified | Total | ||
| N | 8981 | 1826 | 10807 | 8981 | 1826 | 10807 | |
| Health outcomes | |||||||
| Diabetes | 20 | 20.7 | 20.1 | 31.4 | 32.1 | 31.5 | < 0.01 |
| Hypertension | 43.9 | 45.5 | 44.2 | 60.2 | 63* | 60.7 | < 0.01 |
| Obesity | 26.2 | 26.5 | 26.3 | 56.7 | 53.3* | 56.1 | < 0.01 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | < 0.01 |
| Depression | 12.3 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 25.5 | 26.2 | 25.6 | < 0.01 |
| Asthma | 9.4 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 17.1 | 18.3 | 17.4 | < 0.01 |
| Healthcare utilization | |||||||
| Outpatient encounters per year (mean (SD)) | 2.8 (5.5) | 2.7 (5.6) | 2.8 (5.51) | 3.9 (5.9) | 3.7 (5.3)* | 3.87(5.8) | < 0.01 |
| ED Encounters per year (mean (SD)) | 0.7 (1.7) | 0.8 (2.1)* | 0.7 (1.7) | 0.97 (2.0) | 1.04 (1.8)* | 0.98 (2.0) | < 0.01 |
| Inpatient encounters per year (mean (SD)) | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.2 (0.6) | 0.2 (0.6)* | 0.2 (0.6) | < 0.01 |
*p < 0.05 comparing neighborhoods that did not gentrify vs. those that did gentrify
SD, standard deviation