2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report, Appendix D: Data Tables. Table 223

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Table 223
Outpatient visits where the patient was referred to another physician^a, by race, United States, 2001-2002

Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		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	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	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	*	*	*	*
Location	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.

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