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. 2007 May 15;334(7606):1261. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39203.658970.55

Table 2.

 Demographics of patients as weighted* percentage of primary care visits by country, 2001-2

Australia (n=114 402) New Zealand (n=15 523) United States (n=42 144)
Excluded† 13 7 21
Visits by patients who are:
 0-17 years 17 27 30
 18-64 years 60 52 47
 ≥65 years 23 22 23
 Female 57 57 56
 New patients 9 8 7

*Sampling weights that were specific to each country were applied to account for the complex survey designs to obtain national probability estimates of visits to primary care in each country.

†Visits for administrative, process, or preventive care services only.