Table 1 Sample characteristics and frequency of delivery of preventive services
From: Estimated time spent on preventive services by primary care physicians
Preventive | Chronic | |
|---|---|---|
Variable | Visits | Visits |
n = 2,977 | n = 8,513 | |
n (weighted %) | n (weighted %) | |
Covariates | ||
Age (mean, SD) | 41.3 (23.5) | 56.9 (19.0) |
Gender | ||
Male | 1272 (43.1) | 3578 (42.2) |
Female | 1705 (56.9) | 4935 (57.8) |
Race | ||
White | 2575 (85.7) | 7385 (84.8) |
Black | 265 (9.2) | 823 (11.6) |
Other | 137 (5.1) | 305 (3.7) |
Payment | ||
Private insurance | 1778 (61.1) | 4149 (49.3) |
Medicare | 449 (16.5) | 2888 (35.4) |
Medicaid | 318 (9.3) | 604 (6.2) |
Other | 432 (13.1) | 872 (9.1) |
New patient | 444 (14.3) | 325 (3.5) |
Preventive services * | ||
Blood pressure | 2222 (75.1) | 7147 (84.2) |
Cholesterol | 727 (25.5) | 1175 (14.8) |
Pap smear | 382 (11.8) | 72 (0.77) |
Colon scope | 88 (2.7) | 95 (1.3) |
Mammogram | 252 (8.0) | 127 (1.3) |
Prostate specific antigen | 252 (8.8) | 222 (2.6) |
Tobacco cessation | 163 (4.7) | 324 (3.5) |
Nutrition counseling | 787 (25.8) | 1958 (23.5) |
Exercise counseling | 579 (19.2) | 1415 (16.4) |