Table 3.

Primary Physician Referral and Specialist Utilization Rates at Six-Month Follow-Up (Unadjusted)

	Percent of Patients (n=1,580)
Primary physician referral
Percent of patients referred by their primary physician to one or more specialist physicians or ancillary providers for pain	39
Percent of patients referred by their primary physician to one or more specialist physicians for pain	27
Percent of patients referred by their primary physician to one or more ancillary providers for pain	19
Specialist utilization
Percent of patients who saw one or more specialist physicians or ancillary providers for pain	44
Percent of patients who saw one or more specialist physicians for pain	28
Percent of patients who saw one or more ancillary providers for pain	26
Specialist utilization via referral
Percent of patients who saw one or more specialists physicians or ancillary providers with at least one primary physician referral	33
Percent of patients who saw one or more specialist physicians or ancillary providers without any primary physician referrals	18