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An Exploration of Clinician Perceptions of Patient Economic Status and Plan of Care: A Codman Card Study

Patient Population

  • Average Age - 45 yrs (spanning 2 mos to 88 yrs); 41% male and 59% female
  • Primary Care Physician - 90% of visits were with their PCP
    (two out of the 12 clinicians were excluded from the data analysis because they were non-primary care).
  • Types of Visits - 53% Acute, 33% Routine Follow Up, 6% Annual Physical Exam, 4% Referral, and 4% Other

  • Diagnoses - 35% Acute infection, 31% Other, 18% Musculoskeletal, 18% Depression/anxiety, 12% CHD/HTN, 6% Diabetes, and 2% COPD/Asthma
  • Payment - 53% had some type of public pay portion of their insurance, 45% had private insurance, and 4% unknown

Click on any of the sections below to view more of the Codman Card Study.

Background
Purpose
Materials and Methods
Patient Population
Results
Discussions and Conclusion
Future Research
Works Cited
Preceptors in Participating Clinics

 

 

 

 
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