Table 5.

Patient Preferences for Care of a New Condition During Office Hours

New Condition	Regular Doctor, %	Specialist, %	Emergency Dept., %	NP*, %
High blood pressure	97	3	< 1	0
High cholesterol	96	3	0	1
Hemorrhoids	91	8	0	2
Sinus infection	90	8	1	1
Stomach ulcer oracid indigestion	87	11	< 1	2
Diabetes or highblood sugar	86	13	1	0
Blood in your stool	85	11	3	1
Urinary tractinfection	85	14	1	0
A very painfulheadache	82	11	5	2
Anxiety	79	14	2	5
Prostate problem†	72	28	0	0
Ingrown toenail	71	23	1	5
Stitches for aminor cut	68	2	27	3
Changes in a mole	62	37	< 1	< 1
Initiation of birthcontrol‡	62	35	0	3

^*Respondents offered no preference.

^†Men respondents only (n = 90).

^‡Women respondents only (n = 224).