From: Routine care provided by specialists to children and adolescents in the United States (2002-2006)
 |  | Medical Specialists | Surgical Specialists | Psychiatrists | All visits | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Referred | Non referred | Overall | Referred | Non referred | Overall | Referred | Non referred | Overall | Referred | Non referred | Overall |
New patient | N | 7,476,112 | 7,295,856 | 14,771,968 | 18,745,793 | 9,877,375 | 28,623,168 | 1,250,196 | 944,852 | 2,195,048 | 27,472,101 | 18,118,083 | 45,590,184 |
 | % | 40.0 | 18.1 | 25.0 | 51.2 | 17.9 | 31.2 | 23.6 | 5.3 | 9.5 | 45.3 | 16.0 | 26.2 |
Known patient, new problem | N | 1,674,553 | 4,895,022 | 6,569,575 | 10,121,704 | 21,879,415 | 32,001,119 | 317,813 | 554,923 | 872,736 | 12,114,070 | 27,329,360 | 39,443,430 |
 | % | 9.0 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 27.6 | 39.7 | 34.9 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 20.0 | 24.1 | 22.7 |
Known patient, known Problem: recurrence | N | 1,623,935 | 4,142,757 | 5,766,692 | 1,748,531 | 3,085,111 | 4,833,642 | 351,669 | 2,219,454 | 2,571,123 | 3,724,135 | 9,447,322 | 13,171,457 |
 | % | 8.7 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 7.6 |
Known patient, known problem: routine or preventive | N | 7,644,382 | 22,611,827 | 30,256,209 | 5,605,670 | 18,996,051 | 24,601,721 | 3,279,692 | 13,759,243 | 17,038,935 | 16,529,744 | 55,367,121 | 71,896,865 |
 | % | 40.9 | 56.0 | 51.2 | 15.3 | 34.4 | 26.8 | 61.8 | 77.3 | 73.8 | 27.3 | 48.8 | 41.3 |
Other | N | 261,137 | 1,446,391 | 1,707,528 | 398,573 | 1,337,952 | 1,736,525 | 106,193 | 316,253 | 422,446 | 765,903 | 3,100,596 | 3,866,499 |
 | % | 1.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
Shared care* | N | 5,513,663 | 4,828,106 | 10,341,769 | 8,613,939 | 6,378,177 | 14,992,116 | 623,457 | 1,015,185 | 163,8642 | 14,751,059 | 12,221,468 | 26,972,527 |
 | % | 44.1 | 16.2 | 24.4 | 37.5 | 18.2 | 26.2 | 16.4 | 9.0 | 10.9 | 37.6 | 16.2 | 23.5 |
Reappointments | N | 14,071,536 | 28,907,553 | 42,979,089 | 24,695,947 | 38,267,967 | 62,963,914 | 4,629,558 | 16,782,829 | 21,412,387 | 43,397,041 | 83,958,349 | 127,355,390 |
 | % | 75.3 | 71.6 | 72.8 | 67.4 | 69.4 | 68.6 | 87.3 | 94.7 | 92.7 | 71.6 | 74.1 | 73.2 |
Overall | N | 18,680,119 | 40,391,853 | 59,071,972 | 36,620,271 | 55,175,904 | 91,796,175 | 5,305,563 | 17,794,725 | 23,100,288 | 60,605,953 | 113,362,482 | 173,968,435 |
 | % | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |