Table 2 Stratified analysis of continuity of care indices by demographic features (N = 1,713).
N | UPC | MMCI | COC | SECON | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (Median) | Mean (Median) | Mean (Median) | Mean (Median) | |||
All patients | 1,713 | 0.76 (0.81) | 0.81 (0.86) | 0.67 (0.68) | 0.70 (0.75) | |
Sex | Male | 721 | 0.76 (0.83) | 0.80 (0.86) | 0.67 (0.71) | 0.69 (0.75) |
Female | 992 | 0.75 (0.80) | 0.82 (0.86) | 0.67 (0.67) | 0.70 (0.75) | |
p value | 0.741 | 0.252 | 0.719 | 0.569 | ||
Age (years) | 19-40 | 684 | 0.70 (0.71) | 0.76 (0.80) | 0.61 (0.55) | 0.63 (0.67) |
41-60 | 500 | 0.77 (0.83) | 0.82 (0.88) | 0.68 (0.70) | 0.71 (0.75) | |
61-97 | 529 | 0.82 (0.89) | 0.87 (0.91) | 0.75 (0.80) | 0.76 (0.81) | |
p value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||
Region | South | 190 | 0.71 (0.73) | 0.78 (0.80) | 0.61 (0.55) | 0.66 (0.67) |
Center | 1,010 | 0.76 (0.83) | 0.81 (0.87) | 0.68 (0.70) | 0.70 (0.75) | |
North | 513 | 0.77 (0.83) | 0.82 (0.88) | 0.69 (0.71) | 0.71 (0.75) | |
p value | 0.024 | 0.138 | 0.010 | 0.161 | ||
Charlson's comorbidity index (without age) | 0 | 883 | 0.73 (0.75) | 0.79 (0.83) | 0.65 (0.61) | 0.67 (0.70) |
1 | 395 | 0.76 (0.83) | 0.82 (0.88) | 0.68 (0.72) | 0.71 (0.77) | |
2+ | 415 | 0.80 (0.86) | 0.86 (0.89) | 0.72 (0.75) | 0.74 (0.78) | |
p value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ||
Physician | Salaried | 1,345 | 0.75 (0.80) | 0.81 (0.86) | 0.67 (0.67) | 0.69 (0.75) |
Self-employed | 368 | 0.76 (0.86) | 0.83 (0.90) | 0.69 (0.75) | 0.70 (0.80) | |
p value | 0.513 | 0.142 | 0.158 | 0.602 |