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Table 2 Rate and frequency of site utilization listed by insurance type. PCP-Well Child Visits are excluded from this table because recommended visits per year vary by age

From: Pediatric outpatient utilization by differing Medicaid payment models in the United States

Care Setting

Total

Fee for Service

Capitated

P-value

Emergency Department (ED)

    

 ED Visits per 100 Enrollees

39

34

39

< 0.001

 Number of ED Visits, N (%)

   

< 0.001

  0

532,109 (74.8)

52,562 (78.5)

479,547 (74.5)

 

  1

120,067 (16.9)

9550 (14.3)

110,517 (17.2)

 

  2

37,411 (5.3)

3021 (4.5)

34,390 (5.3)

 

  3

12,750 (1.8)

1047 (1.6)

11,703 (1.8)

 

  4+

8671 (1.2)

800 (1.2)

7871 (1.2)

 

Urgent Care (UC)

    

 UC Visits per 100 Enrollees

9

8

9

< 0.001

 Number of UC Visits, N (%)

   

< 0.001

  0

671,694 (94.5)

63,499 (94.8)

608,195 (94.4)

 

  1

26,694 (3.8)

2396 (3.6)

24,298 (3.8)

 

  2

7664 (1.1)

700 (1.0)

6964 (1.1)

 

  3+

4956 (0.7)

385 (0.6)

4571 (0.7)

 

Primary Care (PCP)- Acute Visits

    

 PCP-Acute Visits per 100 Enrollees

145

55

155

< 0.001

 Number of PCP-Acute Visits, N (%)

   

< 0.001

  0

330,115 (46.4)

51,561 (77.0)

278,554 (43.3)

 

  1

150,200 (21.1)

7213 (10.8)

142,987 (22.2)

 

  2

86,952 (12.2)

3502 (5.2)

83,450 (13.0)

 

  3

52,002 (7.3)

1838 (2.7)

50,164 (7.8)

 

  4

32,308 (4.5)

1085 (1.6)

31,223 (4.8)

 

  5+

59,431 (8.4)

1781 (2.7)

57,650 (9.0)

 

Specialty Care Visits

    

 Specialty Care Visits per 100 Enrollees

142

170

139

< 0.001

 Number of Specialty Care Visits, N (%)

   

< 0.001

  0

396,711 (55.8)

30,911 (46.1)

365,800 (56.8)

 

  1

149,751 (21.1)

16,643 (24.8)

133,108 (20.7)

 

  2

64,643 (9.1)

7458 (11.1)

57,185 (8.9)

 

  3

33,366 (4.7)

4147 (6.2)

29,219 (4.5)

 

  4

19,546 (2.7)

2497 (3.7)

17,049 (2.6)

 

  5+

46,991 (6.6)

5324 (7.9)

41,667 (6.5)

 

Total Visits per 100 Enrollees

335

266

342

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