Table T9_2_1_6-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 9_2_1_6.1
Physician office and hospital outpatient department visits per 100 population,^a United States, 1999–2008
		2007–2008			2006–2007		2005–2006		2004–2005		2003–2004		2001–2002		2000–2001		1999–2000
Population group		Number	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		129,900	361.2	11.4	353.5	10.4	352.9	10.6	353.7	10.1	347.9	10.4	344.0	9.0	337.6	10.7	320.2	10.8
Age	0–17	25,402	279.0	13.9	284.5	13.0	283.4	15.0	275.2	12.1	265.9	12.7	271.9	10.3	258.6	11.1	236.6	11.4
	18–44	39,522	256.7	8.9	251.2	9.5	248.1	9.0	247.2	9.5	251.1	9.6	245.6	8.1	248.1	10.3	242.6	9.9
	45–64	38,152	406.9	13.8	395.5	12.4	404.3	12.9	415.7	13.2	409.5	14.2	402.5	12.0	399.8	13.7	386.2	13.8
	65 and over	26,824	744.4	30.7	721.5	27.3	718.2	28.8	728.5	28.9	707.5	28.8	706.6	24.9	687.5	25.5	643.7	24.4
Gender	Male	52,230	299.7	10.0	296.2	8.7	296.5	9.6	298.8	9.3	290.3	9.4	286.5	8.0	282.2	9.0	268.2	9.2
Gender	Female	77,670	420.2	13.5	408.5	12.8	407.0	12.3	406.2	11.9	402.9	12.4	398.8	11.0	390.3	13.0	369.8	13.0
Race^b	White only	97,171	370.0	15.3	363.1	16.6	370.5	12.0	372.2	11.5	363.8	12.0	365.9	10.5	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Black only	24,503	359.5	25.2	337.2	27.1	301.0	16.9	310.8	16.6	308.7	15.6	272.2	14.3	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Asian only	4,642	314.0	46.5	318.6	53.7	301.2	33.2	271.1	27.4	298.1	35.1	268.5	24.3	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	NHOPI	661	815.9	198.1	709.4	150.6	726.2	204.1	697.7	191.5	648.3	151.6	764.3	137.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	AI/AN only	1,108	251.3	38.4	314.5	57.0	180.0	26.8	119.7	18.9	101.9	18.7	89.3	15.3	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Multiple races	1,815	92.6	14.8	81.0	14.1	76.5	8.6	75.6	9.0	79.9	13.5	67.9	13.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Location	MSA	115,999	378.7	14.1	362.7	12.3	364.0	12.6	363.7	12.5	360.7	12.2	368.8	10.6	DNA	DNA	323.6	11.0
Location	Non-MSA	13,901	269.9	36.9	306.3	41.7	295.6	38.0	299.8	34.5	280.8	32.6	244.3	26.9	DNA	DNA	293.7	37.7

^a For consistency with previous years, visits to midlevel providers at community health centers were excluded. Population used for calculation is U.S. Census Bureau estimated civilian noninstitutionalized population on July 1 each year.

^b Race data had missing values each year. The 2007–2008 race data were missing for 35.7%, and the reader is advised to interpret these data with caution. Missing data were imputed, and standard errors were inflated as described in "2007 NAMCS Microdata File Documentation," ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NAMCS/doc07.pdf.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T9_2_1_6-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/9_facilitators_barriers/T9_2_1_6-1.html