Table 3a.
Approximating Episodes-of-Care for “Users” of back pain services (N=8,244).
| Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| OOOOX | 809 | 9.8 |
| OOOXO | 1025 | 12.4 |
| OOOXX | 371 | 4.5 |
| OOXOO | 878 | 10.7 |
| OOXOX | 117 | 1.4 |
| OOXXO | 266 | 3.2 |
| OOXXX | 219 | 2.7 |
| OXOOO | 921 | 11.2 |
| OXOOX | 91 | 1.1 |
| OXOXO | 136 | 1.6 |
| OXOXX | 88 | 1.1 |
| OXXOO | 250 | 3.0 |
| OXXOX | 63 | .8 |
| OXXXO | 170 | 2.1 |
| OXXXX | 248 | 3.0 |
| XOOOO | 717 | 8.7 |
| XOOOX | 60 | .7 |
| XOOXO | 82 | 1.0 |
| XOOXX | 40 | .5 |
| XOXOO | 87 | 1.1 |
| XOXOX | 27 | .3 |
| XOXXO | 48 | .6 |
| XOXXX | 92 | 1.1 |
| XXOOO | 302 | 3.7 |
| XXOOX | 60 | .7 |
| XXOXO | 66 | .8 |
| XXOXX | 73 | .9 |
| XXXOO | 151 | 1.8 |
| XXXOX | 80 | 1.0 |
| XXXXO | 145 | 1.8 |
| XXXXX | 562 | 6.8 |
| Total | 8244 | 100.0 |
Note: “X” indicates a MEPS Round “active” for Back Pain utilization, “O” indicates a Round “inactive” for Back Pain Utilization. Reading the first row as example, n=809 adult MEPS respondents utilized NO Back Pain services (i.e. “inactive”) in Rounds 1–4 with only Round 5 being “active” for Back Pain utilization, hence their temporally-ordered Round-By-Round Pattern reads “OOOOX”.
This table is based on data from the MEPS Utilization Events files to map temporal utilization of ambulatory health services for back pain across All-5-Rounds of MEPS 2-year longitudinal panel. Tabled Data are for adults, pooled across MEPS Panels 5-through-10 (N=8,244).