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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Study Participants and their Primary Care Service Areas

From: Access to primary care and cognitive impairment: results from a national community study of aging Americans

 

Participants with cognitive impairment (n = 2145)

Participants without cognitive impairment (n = 23,418)

Total

PCSAs (n = 3381)

National quartile of age sex adjusted rate of allocated clinically active primary care supply in PCSA

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Bottom 25%

525 (24.5)

5209 (22.2)

5734 (22.4)

807 (23.9)

Second lowest 25%

677 (31.6)

7238 (30.9)

7915 (31.0)

905 (26.8)

Second highest 25%

565 (26.3)

6528 (27.9)

7093 (27.7)

883 (26.1)

Top 25%

378 (17.6)

4443 (18.97)

4821 (18.9)

786 (23.2)

Primary Care Utilization in PCSA

  < US Median

869 (40.5)

10,246 (43.8)

11,115 (43.5)

1591 (47.1)

  > US Median

1276 (59.5)

13,172 (56.3)

14,448 (56.5)

1790 (52.9)

ED Utilization in PCSA

  < US Median

974 (45.4)

10,822 (46.2)

11,796 (46.1)

1825 (54.0)

  > US Median

1171 (54.6)

12,596 (53.8)

13,767 (53.9)

1556 (46.1)

Regular source of medical care

 Yes

1468 (68.4)

17,537 (74.9)

19,005 (74.3)

 

 No

454 (21.2)

4193 (17.9)

4647 (18.2)

 

 No Answer

223 (10.4)

1688 (7.2)

1911 (7.5)

 

Insurance coverage

 Has health insurance

1999 (93.2)

21,891 (93.5)

23,890 (93.5)

 

 No health insurance

146 (6.8)

1527 (6.5)

1673 (6.5)

 

Diabetes

 Managed

262 (12.2)

2181 (9.3)

2443 (9.6)

 

 Unmanaged

285 (13.3)

2387 (10.2)

2672 (10.5)

 

 No Diabetes

1598

18,850

20,448 (80.0)

 

Hypertension

 Managed

934 (43.5)

9808 (41.9)

10,742 (42.0)

 

 Unmanaged

619 (28.9)

5063 (21.6)

5682 (22.2)

 

 No Hypertension

592 (27.6)

8547 (63.5)

9139 (35.8)

 

Dyslipidemia

 Managed

495 (23.1)

5514 (23.6)

6009 (23.5)

 

 Unmanaged

734 (34.2)

7651 (32.7)

8385 (32.8)

 

 No Dyslipidemia

916 (42.7)

10,253 (43.7)

11,169 (43.7)

 

Race

 White

883 (41.2)

14,378 (61.4)

15,261 (59.7)

 

 Black

1262 (58.8)

9040 (38.60)

10,302 (40.3)

 

Sex

 Female

1047 (48.8)

13,113 (56.0)

14,160 (55.4)

 

 Male

1098 (51.2)

10,305 (44.0)

11,403 (44.6)

 

Education

 Less than high school

532 (24.8)

2414 (10.3)

2946 (11.5)

 

 High school graduate

625 (29.1)

5956 (25.4)

6581 (25.7)

 

 Some college

503 (23.5)

6351 (27.1)

6854 (26.8)

 

 College degree or more

485 (22.6)

8697 (37.1)

9182 (35.9)

 

Household Income

  < $20 K

608 (28.3)

3774 (16.1)

4382 (17.1)

 

 $20-34 K

627 (29.2)

5538 (23.7)

6165 (24.1)

 

 $35-74 K

467 (21.8)

7365 (31.5)

7832 (30.6)

 

 $75 K+

153 (7.1)

4079 (17.4)

4232 (16.6)

 

 Refused to Answer

290 (13.5)

2662 (11.4)

2952 (11.5)

 

Relationship status

 Not currently married

1004 (46.8)

9247 (39.5)

10,251 (40.1)

 

 Married

1141 (53.2)

14,171 (60.5)

15,312 (59.9)

 

Pack years of cigarette smoking

 Zero pack years

970 (45.2)

11,139 (47.6)

12,109 (47.4)

 

 Below the median (0.45) pack years

549 (25.6)

6142 (26.2)

6691 (26.2)

 

 Above the median (0.45) pack years

626 (29.2)

6137 (26.2)

6763 (26.5)

 

Alcohol drinking frequency

 Never

1498 (69.8)

14,340 (61.2)

15,838 (62.0)

 

 Moderate alcohol use

562 (26.2)

8144 (34.8)

8706 (34.1)

 

 Heavy alcohol use

85 (3.96)

934 (3.99)

1019 (4.0)

 

Exercise

 No exercise

830 (38.7)

7711 (32.9)

8541 (33.4)

 

 Exercise 1-3 times per week

643 (29.98)

8735 (37.3)

9378 (36.7)

 

 Exercise 4+ times per week

672 (31.3)

6972 (29.8)

7644 (29.9)

 

Body Mass Index

 Underweight

34 (1.6)

227 (0.97)

261 (1.0)

 

 Normal weight

521 (24.3)

5543 (23.7)

6064 (23.7)

 

 Overweight

817 (38.1)

8701 (37.2)

9518 (37.2)

 

 Obese

773 (36.0)

8947 (38.2)

9720 (38.0)

 
  1. PCSA Primary Care Service Area, ED Emergency Department