Research Article
Variation in Provider Identification of Obesity by Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Characteristics among an Insured Population
Table 1
Characteristics of the study sample ( = 16,151).
| | Overall | Obesity claim | | Yes | No |
| Neighborhood-level characteristics (ZIP code level) | | | | Mean proportion of Black residents | 5.3% | 4.0% | 5.3% | Median household income | 43,846 | 44,908 | 43,636 | Mean percent high school graduate | 70.5% | 70.6% | 70.5% | Mean proportion urban | 81.7% | 84.3% | 81.5% | Mean proportion of residents above federal poverty | 87.6% | 87.2% | 87.6% | Member-level characteristics | | | | Female | 52.0% | 66.1% | 50.9% | Mean age | 48.4 years | 47.2 years | 48.5 years | Hypertension | 29.2% | 46.4% | 27.8% | Type 2 Diabetes | 10.3% | 15.9% | 9.8% | Dyslipidemia | 26.8% | 41.7% | 25.5% | Mean BMI | 34.7 | 37.6 | 34.5 | Obesity class | | | | Class I | 64.9% | 42.2% | 66.8% | Class II | 23.1% | 29.8% | 22.6% | Class III | 12.0% | 28.1% | 10.6% | Mean number of distinct provider seen in HRA year | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | Mean number of specialist visits in HRA year | 8.2 | 12.0 | 7.8 | Obesity claim | | | | Physician identification of obesity in claims data | 7.7% | — | — |
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