Outpatient visits where the physician spent more than 30 minutes with the patienta, by race, United States, 2001-2002 |
Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
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White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 17.0 | 0.8 | 16.9 | 0.8 | 17.0 | 1.7 | 17.4 | 2.2 | 17.7 | 4.4 | 21.3 | 5.5 | * | * | |
Age | 0-17 | 11.7 | 1.0 | 11.4 | 1.0 | 11.1 | 1.5 | 15.4 | 3.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
18-44 | 17.1 | 0.9 | 17.1 | 0.9 | 16.8 | 2.4 | 18.2 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
45-64 | 19.4 | 0.9 | 19.6 | 1.0 | 17.8 | 2.1 | 18.6 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
65 and over | 18.4 | 1.3 | 18.1 | 1.3 | 22.2 | 3.9 | 17.9 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Female | 17.0 | 0.9 | 17.0 | 0.9 | 16.9 | 2.1 | 17.4 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Male | 17.0 | 0.8 | 16.9 | 0.8 | 17.2 | 1.8 | 17.4 | 2.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Payment source | Private | 15.8 | 0.7 | 15.8 | 0.8 | 15.2 | 1.3 | 16.8 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare | 19.1 | 1.5 | 18.8 | 1.5 | 21.6 | 4.7 | 23.5 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicaid | 13.8 | 1.2 | 13.2 | 1.1 | 15.5 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 26.7 | 2.7 | 27.3 | 2.8 | 23.0 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Unknown | 20.1 | 1.9 | 20.0 | 2.0 | 21.8 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Location | MSA | 17.6 | 0.9 | 17.7 | 0.9 | 17.1 | 1.6 | 17.3 | 2.4 | 18.6 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * |
Non-MSA | 13.1 | 1.6 | 12.7 | 1.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
a Total percent is the percent of total NAMCS/NHAMCS outpatient department visits where time spent with the physician was 30 minutes or more.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area; SE: Standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.