| |
Private practitioner setting
|
Hospital setting
|
Patients in both private practitioner and hospital settings
|
|---|
|
Patient count
|
% of Total
|
Patient count
|
% of Total
|
Patient count
|
% of Total
|
|---|
|
N
|
5,490
|
100
|
643
|
100
|
385
|
100
|
|
Gender
| | | | | | |
|
Male
|
1,779
|
32.4
|
238
|
37.0
|
145
|
37.7
|
|
Female
|
3,711
|
67.6
|
405
|
63.0
|
240
|
62.3
|
|
Age, years
| | | | | | |
|
50-64
|
3,523
|
64.2
|
402
|
62.5
|
242
|
62.9
|
|
50-54
|
1,276
|
23.2
|
132
|
20.5
|
76
|
19.7
|
|
55-59
|
1,175
|
21.4
|
132
|
20.5
|
75
|
19.5
|
|
60-64
|
1,072
|
19.5
|
138
|
21.5
|
91
|
23.6
|
|
≥65
|
1,967
|
35.8
|
241
|
37.5
|
143
|
37.1
|
|
65-69
|
731
|
13.3
|
89
|
13.8
|
54
|
14.0
|
|
70-74
|
503
|
9.2
|
67
|
10.4
|
42
|
10.9
|
|
≥75
|
733
|
13.4
|
85
|
13.2
|
47
|
12.2
|
|
Mean (SD) Age
|
63 (9)
|
na
|
63 (9)
|
na
|
61 (9)
|
na
|
|
US Census Region
| | | | | | |
|
Midwest
|
1,042
|
19.0
|
96
|
14.9
|
54
|
14.0
|
|
Northeast
|
664
|
12.1
|
165
|
25.7
|
71
|
18,4
|
|
South
|
2,236
|
40.7
|
218
|
33.9
|
130
|
33.8
|
|
West
|
1,547
|
28.2
|
164
|
25.5
|
130
|
33.8
|
|
Payer Type
| | | | | | |
|
Commercial
|
4,137
|
75.4
|
467
|
72.6
|
281
|
73.0
|
|
Medicaid
|
87
|
1.6
|
26
|
4.0
|
16
|
4.2
|
|
Medicare
|
1,264
|
23.0
|
141
|
21.9
|
86
|
22.3
|
|
Year of Initial Diagnosis
| | | | | | |
|
2006
|
570
|
10.4
|
63
|
9.8
|
21
|
5.5
|
|
2007
|
659
|
12.0
|
63
|
9.8
|
30
|
7.8
|
|
2008
|
861
|
15.7
|
86
|
13.4
|
55
|
14.3
|
|
2009
|
1,587
|
28.9
|
203
|
31.6
|
132
|
34.3
|
|
2010 (Jan-Oct)
|
1,813
|
33.0
|
228
|
36.5
|
147
|
38.2
|
|
Length of Episode of Care, days
| | | | | | |
|
Mean (SD)
|
26 (32)
|
na
|
28 (34)
|
na
|
34 (37)
|
na
|
|
Median (range)
|
16 (1–180)
|
na
|
15 (1–180)
|
na
|
23 (1–180)
|
na
|
- na = not applicable.
- Census region information was not available for the entire study sample. A small percentage of patients had an unknown or other (e.g., TRICARE) insurer. Therefore, patient counts above do not always sum to the total population per setting.
