Table 2.

GERD-related health care utilization (unadjusted)

GERD-related utilization ratea	PCP episodes (N = 211,043)	GE episodes (N = 40,304)	P-value
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Any physician office visit	76.9 (94.2)	119.9 (102.1)	<0.001
PCP office visit	75.2 (89.0)	4.3 (22.4)	<0.001
GE office visit	1.2 (11.8)	113.9 (87.9)	<0.001
Endoscopic procedures	6.3 (33.2)	50.5 (85.7)	<0.001
Repair/manipulation procedures	0.3 (7.5)	3.0 (22.5)	<0.001
Diagnostic procedures	0.3 (7.5)	3.2 (24.8)	<0.001

PCP primary care physician, GE gastroenterologist, SD standard deviation

^aAll variables are rates per 100 episodes