Table 2.
Physician Specialty | Year 2 (n = 11,219) |
Year 3 (n = 10,026) |
Year 4 (n = 9,297) |
Year 5 (n = 8,624) |
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Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | |
Primary care* | 6.9 | 0.02 | 6.7 | 0.02 | 6.6 | 0.02 | 6.6 | 0.02 |
Oncology* | 4.1 | 0.01 | 2.9 | 0.01 | 2.3 | 0.01 | 1.9 | 0.01 |
Medical* | 1.4 | 0.01 | 1.1 | 0.01 | 0.8 | 0.01 | 0.7 | 0.01 |
Radiation* | 0.8 | 0.01 | 0.5 | 0.01 | 0.4 | 0.01 | 0.3 | 0.01 |
Surgical* | 1.9 | 0.01 | 1.3 | 0.01 | 1.1 | 0.01 | 1.0 | 0.01 |
Other* | 4.8 | 0.02 | 4.5 | 0.02 | 4.2 | 0.02 | 4.3 | 0.02 |
NOTE. No. of visits is calculated as mean per patient per patient year.
Abbreviation: SE, standard error.
P < .05.