. 2009 Aug;18(8):1133–1143. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1230

Table 1.

Characteristics of Women Included in Analyses of Preventive Care

Measurement year	2000	2001	2002	2003
*Annual Chlamydia* screening, sexually active women aged 16–25**^a
Total sample size	11,062	14,914	16,560	15,098
Healthcare received during measurement year
% with conventional care only	89.3	87.3	86.0	86.1
% with both conventional and CAM care	10.5	12.4	13.4	13.3
% with CAM care only	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6
% with any conventional care	99.8	99.6	99.4	99.4
% with any CAM care	10.7	12.7	14.0	13.9
% with naturopathy	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.8
% with acupuncture	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.7
% with massage	1.1	1.8	2.5	2.8
% with chiropractic	9.0	10.5	11.5	11.2
% with Chlamydia screening	26.7	25.9	27.4	27.0
Geographic area characteristics
Median percentage racial/ethnic minority population^b	16	17	17	16
Median household income^b	$51,126	$50,899	$50,958	$50,870
Median education level of adults^b,c	3	3	3	3
Median extent rural^d,e	1	1	1	1
Enrollee characteristics
Median age in measurement year	21	21	21	21
Median morbidity burden^f	3	3	3	3
Insurance product in measurement year
% fee for service	7.3	6.1	5.9	6.1
% point-of-service	42.2	38.9	41.3	44.6
% preferred provider organization	44.9	50.1	48.4	45.9
% health maintenance organization	5.6	4.9	4.4	3.3
Breast cancer screening, every 2 years, women aged 52–64^g
Total sample size		37,545	47,952	46,382
Healthcare received during measurement year and prior year
% with conventional care only		78.1	75.3	74.3
% with both conventional and CAM care		21.4	24.3	25.3
% with CAM care only		0.5	0.5	0.4
% with any conventional care		99.5	99.5	99.6
% with any CAM care		21.9	24.7	25.7
% with naturopathy		2.8	3.6	4.3
% with acupuncture		1.9	2.9	3.4
% with massage		3.5	5.1	6.3
% with chiropractic		18.1	19.9	19.9
% with mammogram		75.1	75.6	75.3
Geographic area characteristics
Median percentage racial/ethnic minority population^g		17	17	16
Median household income^h		$50,310	$47,528	$47,286
Median education level of adults^c,h		3	3	3
Median extent rural^d,i		1	1	1
Enrollee characteristics
Median age in measurement year		56	57	57
Median morbidity burden^f		3	3	3
Insurance product in measurement year
% fee for service		8.1	4.8	4.5
% point-of-service		33.9	29.1	32.9
% preferred provider organization		53.4	62.9	59.7
% health maintenance organization		4.6	3.3	3.0
Cervical cancer screening, every 3 years, women aged 21–64^j
Total sample size			107,027	107,964
Healthcare received during measurement year and 2 prior years
% with conventional care only			73.2	71.1
% with both conventional and CAM care			26.4	28.5
% with CAM care only			0.4	0.3
% with any conventional care			99.6	99.7
% with any CAM care			26.8	28.9
% with naturopathy			4.0	5.1
% with acupuncture			2.5	3.8
% with massage			5.7	7.9
% with chiropractic			21.9	22.5
% with Pap test			74.3	75.3
Geographic area characteristics
Median percentage racial/ethnic minority population^j			17	17
Median household income^k			$51,318	$48,606
Median education level of adults^c,k			3	3
Median extent rural^d,l			1	1
Enrollee characteristics
Median age in measurement year			46	47
Median morbidity burden^f			3	3
Insurance product in measurement year
% fee for service			6.8	6.6
% point-of-service			40.2	39.0
% preferred provider organization			49.0	51.1
% health maintenance organization			4.0	3.3

^{^a}

Women in this sample were enrolled in a single identifiable product during the measurement year, were between the ages of 16 and 25 years on their birthday in the measurement year, had at least one insurance claim that could be identified with either a conventional or CAM provider during the measurement year, and had claims evidence that they were sexually active during or prior to the measurement year.

^{^b}

Based on 2000 U.S. census and reduced sample sizes with available data: 10,958 women in the 2000 sample, 14,730 in the 2001 sample, 16,471 in the 2002 sample, and 15,025 in the 2003 sample.

^{^c}

Education level: 1, high school graduate; 2, less than 1 year college; 3, 1+ years college with no degree, 4, associate's degree; 5, baccalaureate degree; 6, postbaccalaureate degree.

^{^d}

Rural-urban commuting area codes: 1, metropolitan core; 2, metropolitan high commuting area; 3, metropolitan low commuting area; 4, micropolitan core; 5, micropolitan high commuting area; 6, micropolitan low commuting area; 7, small town core; 8, small town high commuting area; 9, small town low commuting area; 10, rural.

^{^e}

Based on reduced samples with available data: 10,712 women in the 2000 sample, 14,394 in the 2001 sample, 16,110 in the 2002 sample, and 14,728 in the 2003 sample.

^{^f}

Based on the Johns Hopkins ACG System's resource utilization band (RUB): 0, nonuser; 1, healthy user; 2, low morbidity; 3, moderate; 4, high; 5, very high.

^{^g}

Women in this sample were enrolled for both the measurement year and the preceding year, were covered by a single identifiable product during the measurement year, were between the ages of 52 and 64 years on their birthday in the measurement year, had at least one insurance claim that could be identified with either a conventional or CAM provider during the measurement year or the previous year, and had no claims evidence that they had had a bilateral mastectomy by the end of the measurement year.

^{^h}

Based on 2000 U.S. census and reduced sample sizes with available data: 37,066 women in the 2001 sample, 47,791 in the 2002 sample, and 46,280 in the 2003 sample.

^ⁱ

Based on reduced samples with available data: 36,534 women in the 2001 sample, 47,228 in the 2002 sample, and 45,844 in the 2003 sample.

^{^j}

Women in this sample were enrolled for both the measurement year and the 2 preceding years, were covered by a single identifiable product during the measurement year, were between the ages of 21 and 64 years on their birthday in the measurement year, had at least one insurance claim that could be identified with either a conventional or CAM provider during the measurement year or the previous 2 years, and had no claims evidence that they had had a hysterectomy by the end of the measurement year.

^{^k}

Based on 2000 U.S. census and reduced sample sizes with available data: 106,504 women in the 2002 sample and 107,681 in the 2003 sample.

^{^l}

Based on reduced samples with available data: 104,348 women in the 2002 sample and 106,066 in the 2003 sample.