Table 1 Prevalence of chronic disease by disease count (April 1, 2009) and number of ambulatory health care visits for Primary Care and Specialist physicians made between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2010 (N=28,450,000)
Number of chronic diseases | Prevalence | Primary health care | Specialist | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of visits* | % of all ambulatory visits | Number of visits* | % of all ambulatory visits | ||
0 | 57.8% | 7,830,000 | 27.6% | 3,640,000 | 12.8% |
1 | 26.3% | 5,940,000 | 20.9% | 2,750,000 | 9.7% |
2 | 10.3% | 3,240,000 | 11.4% | 1,600,000 | 5.6% |
3 | 3.7% | 1,390,000 | 4.9% | 737,000 | 2.6% |
4 | 1.3% | 568,000 | 2.0% | 315,000 | 1.1% |
5 | 0.4% | 199,000 | 0.7% | 117,000 | 0.4% |
6+ | 0.2% | 73,100 | 0.3% | 51,000 | 0.2% |