Table 4

Patient characteristics associated with in-person visits

FactorIn-person visits (N=30,987)Other visits (N=12,276)P valueAdjusted OR In-person visits (95% CI)P value
Age (years), mean±SD57.5±17.454.3±17.4<0.0011.01 (1.008 to 1.012) for every 1 year increase in age<0.001
Age ≥65 years, n (%)12 354 (39.9)3906 (31.8)<0.001
Sex, n (%)0.055
 Male11,876 (38.3)4583 (37.3)
 Female19,111 (61.7)7693 (62.7)
Race, n (%)<0.001
 White23,868 (77.1)9564 (78)Reference
 Black4297 (13.9)1696 (13.8)1.08 (1.008 to 1.15)0.029
 Hispanic1208 (3.9)369 (3.0)1.43 (1.26 to 1.63)<0.001
 Others1583 (5.1)637 (5.2)1.09 (0.98 to 1.21)0.093
Type of insurance
 Private18,835 (62.1)7626 (63.3)<0.001Reference
 Medicare6699 (22.1)2282 (18.9)1.001 (0.94 to 1.06)0.96
 Medicaid and other public4430 (14.6)2003 (16.6)0.99 (0.93 to 1.06)0.87
 No insurance369 (1.2)135 (1.1)1.07 (0.88 to 1.31)0.5
Median household Income by zip code (by quartile), n (%)
 Lowest7155 (23.1)3166 (25.8)<0.001Reference
 Second7802 (25.2)2896 (23.6)1.19 (1.11 to 1.27)<0.001
 Third8059 (26)3123 (25.4)1.13 (1.06 to 1.21)<0.001
 Highest7969 (25.7)3090 (25.2)1.14 (1.07 to 1.22)<0.001
Employment status, n (%)
 Employed11,879 (38.3)4989 (40.8)<0.001Reference
 Unemployed11,968 (38.6)4815 (39.4)0.96 (0.91 to 1.02)0.19
 Retired6633 (21.4)2076 (17)1.03 (0.96 to 1.11)0.35
 Unknown502 (1.6)350 (2.9)0.74 (0.62 to 0.87)<0.001
Marital status
 Married15,562 (50.2)5901 (48.1)<0.001Reference
 Single15,010 (48.4)6196 (50.5)0.94 (0.90 to 0.98)0.012
 Others414 (1.3)179 (1.5)0.88 (0.73 to 1.07)0.21
H/o tobacco use4110 (13.3)1793 (14.9)<0.0010.93 (0.86 to 0.99)0.041
H/o alcohol use13,208 (44.3)5486 (46.9)<0.0010.89 (0.86 to 0.94)<0.001
H/o illicit drug use1835 (6.1)822 (7)<0.0010.94 (0.86 to 1.03)0.24
Primary language
 English30,323 (97.9)12,032 (98)0.036Reference
 Spanish286 (0.9)127 (1)0.73 (0.58 to 0.93)0.01
 Other languages378 (1.2)117 (1)1.26 (1.005 to 1.58)0.045