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Table 2 Patient characteristics by groups of adherence, according to adherence level before and after the intervention

From: Does a policy that requires adherence to a regular primary care physician improve the actual adherence of patients?

Variables

Total Patients

208,286(100%)

Low-Low

48,873(23.5%)

Low-High

45,855(22.0%)

High-Low

26,034(12.5%)

High-High

87,524(42.0%)

P-value

Age at baseline Mean (CI)

55.0 (54.9–55.0)

49.3 (49.1–49.4)

53.9 (53.8–54.1)

53.5 (53.3–53.7)

59.1 (58.9–59.3)

< 0.001

SES Mean (SD)

9.2 (9.1–9.2)

8.5 (8.55–8.6)

9.4 (9.3–9.4)

8.9 (8. 9–9.0)

9.4 (9.4–9.4)

< 0.001

Female N (%)

119,968 (57.6%)

28,430 (58%)

26,508 (57.8%)

15,051 (57.8%)

49,979 (57.1%)

=0.083