Table 3 Breakdown of practice/patient level characteristics by payment model
| Â | Primary care payment model | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | FFS | Blended Capitation | CHC | Â |
Practice Level Characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Number of practices (n = 82) | 43 | 27 | 12 | - |
Step I | 20 (80%) | 1 (4%) | 4 (16%) | - |
Step II | 12 (40%) | 12 (40%) | 6 (20%) | Â |
Step III | 11 (41%) | 14 (52%) | 2 (7%) | Â |
Multidisciplinary practices* | 2 (5.0%) | 10 (37%) | 12 (100%) | < 0.0001 |
Practices using EMR | 7 (16%) | 21 (78%) | 11 (92%) | < 0.0001 |
Urban practices+ | 36 (84%) | 23 (85%) | 8 (67%) | 0.35 |
Physician graduation year (median, IQR) | 1983 (11) | 1984 (9) | 1991 (4.5) | - |
Patient Level Characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Number of patients (n = 4808) | 2565 | 1555 | 688 | - |
Patient age (mean, SD) | 66 (11.5) | 66 (11.4) | 64 (11.9) | 0.0002 |
Female patients (n, %) | 1356 (53%) | 757 (49%) | 354 (51%) | 0.47 |
Number of cardiovascular disease-related comorbidities per patient (Mean, SD) | 2.7 (1.1) | 2.8 (1.0) | 2.8 (1.1) | 0.20 |
Diabetes (n, %) | 1191 (46%) | 734 (47%) | 332 (48%) | 0.82 |
Chronic kidney disease (n,%) | 457 (18%) | 294 (19%) | 117 (17%) | 0.61 |
Dyslipidemia (n, %) | 2135 (83%) | 1314 (85%) | 591 (86%) | 0.40 |
Hypertension (n, %) | 1955 (76%) | 1194 (77%) | 554 (81%) | 0.35 |
Smokers (n, %) | 514 (20%) | 324 (21%) | 202 (29%) | 0.07 |