. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 2.

Published in final edited form as: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Sep;141(3):347–352. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.05.021

Table 2.

Unweighted and Weighted Patient Visits for Chronic Rhinosinusitis by Physician Specialty

Survey	Specialty	Unweighted visits (%)	Weighted visits (SE)
NAMCS	Primary Care	838 (42.6)	46,920,147 (552,755)
	Otolaryngology	675 (34.3)	8,633,927 (369,475)
	Pediatrics	311 (15.8)	17,021,282 (759,547)
	Other	61 (3.1)	2,526,025 (50,554)
	Allergy/Immunology	56 (2.8)	2,817,838 (224,203)
	Pulmonary Specialists	26 (1.3)	2,117,029 (204,402)
NHAMCS
Emergency Dept	Emergency Medicine	814 (35.4)	3,975,229 (105,313)
Outpatient	General Medicine	1147 (49.9)	6,341,117 (1,324,523)
	Pediatrics	198 (8.6)	591,799 (192,587)
	Surgery	110 (4.8)	238,623 (115,417)
	Other	21 (0.9)	42,680 (36,169)
	Obstetrics & Gynecology	9 (0.4)	29,318 (24,961)

Abbreviations: SE, standard error. NAMCS, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. NHAMCS, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Dept, department.