Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Established Adult Diabetic Patients in the OCHIN EHR Data Set With an Oregon Medicaid Identification Number (N = 2,103)

CharacteristicStudy Population No. (%)
EHR = electronic health record; FPL = federal poverty level; ID = identification.
Note: From OCHIN, unless otherwise specified; data sources: OCHIN EHR and Oregon Medicaid claims data.
a Approximately 9% of total visits was missing FPL information, including <2% of visits with FPL recorded as >1,000%. Average household income for study population (n = 4,240) was 81.2% of FPL; the subset with Medicaid ID number (n = 2,103) was 65.0% of FPL.
b Race/ethnicity was determined by data from OCHIN clinic visits; a person who was ever classified as Hispanic or had Spanish as their primary language was considered Hispanic. A person ever classified as black, Asian, etc, was classified as such. Data was collected by the Medicaid office as a combined variable.
Age (as of January 1, 2005), y
    19–35179 (8.5)
    36–50605 (28.8)
    51–64866 (41.2)
    ≥65453 (21.5)
Sex
    Female1,306 (62.1)
    Male797 (37.9)
Primary language
    English1,413 (67.2)
    Spanish298 (14.2)
    Russian127 (6.0)
    Other207 (9.8)
    Unknown58 (2.8)
Household income as % of FPLa
    0%–49%748 (35.6)
    50%–99%967 (46.0)
    100%–149%266 (12.6)
    150%–199%29 (1.4)
    200%+39 (1.9)
    Unknown53 (2.5)
Combined race/ethnicityb
    White1,276 (60.7)
    Hispanic358 (17.0)
    Black199 (9.5)
    Asian/Pacific Islander157 (7.5)
    American Indian/Alaska Native23 (1.1)
    Unknown90 (4.3)
Health insurance coverage (Medicaid and OCHIN coverage data combined)
    Fully covered Jan 1, 2005–Dec 31, 20071,344 (63.9)
    Not fully covered Jan 1, 2005–Dec 31, 2007759 (36.1)