Outpatient visits where the patient was referred to another physiciana, 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 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 5.2 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | |
Age | 0-17 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
18-44 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 8.8 | 2.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
45-64 | 7.9 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 7.4 | 0.9 | 6.9 | 1.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
65 and over | 7.1 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 9.1 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Female | 7.0 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Male | 6.8 | 0.3 | 6.8 | 0.4 | 6.6 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 1.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Payment source | Private | 6.8 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 7.2 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare | 7.0 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 6.7 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicaid | 7.4 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 0.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 6.0 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 1.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Unknown | 7.5 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 9.2 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Location | MSA | 6.9 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * |
Non-MSA | 7.3 | 0.8 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
a Total percent is the percent of all visits where the patient was referred to another physician.
* 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.