General Table IV. Medicare Beneficiaries: Total Reimbursements and Reimbursement per Enrollee by Physician Specialty, and by Age, Sex, Race and Census Region, 1975 and 1977.
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| 65-69 | 70-74 | 75-79 | 80-84 | 85 + | Men | Women | White | Other | NE | NC | South | West | |||
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| All Specialties | $2,651,834 | $121.67 | $99.64 | $124.01 | $133.18 | $145.70 | $141.40 | $130.47 | $115.72 | $126.28 | $89.49 | $135.00 | $103.24 | $109.72 | $156.34 |
| General Practice (GP) | 362,139 | 16.62 | 11.90 | 15.97 | 18.78 | 22.06 | 24.77 | 15.55 | 17.34 | 16.99 | 14.83 | 13.64 | 14.38 | 17.93 | 22.59 |
| Family Practice (FP) | 35,005 | 1.61 | 1.18 | 1.51 | 1.77 | 2.12 | 2.51 | 1.63 | 1.59 | 1.64 | 1.55 | 2.16 | 1.78 | 1.38 | 0.89 |
| Internal Medicine (IM) | 536,649 | 24.62 | 18.73 | 25.46 | 27.54 | 31.36 | 29.14 | 25.19 | 24.24 | 25.47 | 18.96 | 33.82 | 18.53 | 20.46 | 29.03 |
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| (CD) | 73,546 | 3.37 | 3.17 | 3.43 | 3.48 | 3.94 | 2.95 | 4.08 | 2.89 | 3.48 | 2.51 | 4.15 | 3.07 | 2.27 | 4.87 |
| Dermatology (DER) | 30,004 | 1.38 | 1.13 | 1.58 | 1.42 | 1.52 | 1.42 | 1.61 | 1.22 | 1.46 | 0.61 | 1.52 | 0.69 | 1.26 | 2.56 |
| General Surgery (GS) | 314,422 | 14.43 | 12.86 | 15.02 | 14.90 | 16.03 | 15.39 | 16.10 | 13.30 | 15.00 | 10.25 | 16.88 | 13.10 | 12.60 | 16.51 |
| Oto/Laryn/Rhin (OLR) | 30,821 | 1.41 | 1.49 | 1.58 | 1.32 | 1.25 | 1.01 | 1.60 | 1.29 | 1.49 | 0.86 | 1.68 | 0.91 | 1.23 | 2.25 |
| Ophthalmology (OPH) | 173,250 | 7.95 | 5.40 | 8.10 | 9.52 | 11.29 | 9.21 | 7.11 | 8.52 | 8.29 | 5.43 | 9.88 | 5.66 | 6.81 | 11.15 |
| Orthopedic Surgery (ORS) | 150,351 | 6.90 | 5.00 | 5.75 | 7.64 | 9.44 | 12.88 | 4.33 | 8.64 | 7.33 | 2.69 | 7.44 | 5.69 | 5.75 | 10.37 |
| Urology (U) | 143,579 | 6.59 | 5.07 | 7.07 | 7.64 | 8.01 | 6.67 | 13.20 | 2.11 | 6.85 | 5.13 | 7.71 | 5.07 | 5.76 | 9.10 |
| Anesthesiology (AN) | 118,426 | 5.43 | 4.84 | 5.74 | 5.69 | 5.85 | 5.65 | 6.59 | 4.65 | 5.63 | 4.06 | 5.67 | 4.42 | 4.65 | 8.36 |
| Pathology (P) | 27,788 | 1.28 | 1.02 | 1.31 | 1.39 | 1.64 | 1.38 | 1.57 | 1.08 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 0.52 | 1.24 | 2.11 | 0.88 |
| Radiology (R) | 154,602 | 7.09 | 6.38 | 7.30 | 7.74 | 7.72 | 6.91 | 7.67 | 6.71 | 7.31 | 6.07 | 5.56 | 6.43 | 8.48 | 7.93 |
| Chiropractic (CH) | 14,049 | 0.65 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.35 | 0.60 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.21 | 0.64 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 1.18 |
| Podiatry (POD) | 39,878 | 1.83 | 1.25 | 1.76 | 2.19 | 2.46 | 2.62 | 1.08 | 2.34 | 1.87 | 1.69 | 3.38 | 0.93 | 1.26 | 2.10 |
| Multi-Specialty Group (M) | 153,101 | 7.03 | 6.40 | 7.20 | 7.85 | 6.91 | 7.27 | 7.96 | 6.39 | 7.30 | 5.07 | 2.44 | 9.54 | 5.93 | 12.01 |
| Unknown | 53,352 | 2.45 | 1.95 | 2.26 | 2.77 | 3.25 | 3.16 | 2.69 | 2.29 | 2.59 | 1.17 | 4.61 | 3.33 | 0.88 | 0.65 |
| All other (residual) | 240,874 | 11.05 | 11.17 | 12.25 | 10.93 | 10.30 | 8.11 | 11.91 | 10.47 | 11.60 | 7.06 | 13.31 | 8.04 | 10.44 | 13.91 |
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| All Specialties | 3,492,446 | 153.09 | 131.76 | 153.04 | 168.23 | 172.02 | 175.93 | 166.37 | 144.19 | 157.74 | 112.05 | 167.47 | 132.58 | 126.99 | 217.01 |
| General Practice (GP) | 357,279 | 15.66 | 11.78 | 14.43 | 17.47 | 20.10 | 24.22 | 14.97 | 16.12 | 15.99 | 13.00 | 12.70 | 15.28 | 14.09 | 23.87 |
| Family Practice (FP) | 90,009 | 3.95 | 3.12 | 3.54 | 4.48 | 5.16 | 5.49 | 3.63 | 4.16 | 4.05 | 3.11 | 3.81 | 3.24 | 5.02 | 3.23 |
| Internal Medicine (IM) | 691,452 | 30.31 | 24.51 | 29.76 | 34.10 | 36.52 | 37.39 | 30.38 | 30.26 | 30.98 | 25.20 | 39.33 | 23.58 | 25.22 | 37.95 |
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| (CD) | 99,443 | 4.36 | 4.05 | 4.58 | 4.50 | 4.83 | 3.90 | 5.45 | 3.63 | 4.47 | 3.01 | 5.95 | 2.76 | 2.88 | 7.48 |
| Dermatology (DER) | 44,291 | 1.94 | 1.69 | 1.95 | 2.17 | 2.21 | 2.01 | 2.37 | 1.65 | 2.08 | 0.52 | 2.05 | 0.94 | 1.69 | 3.95 |
| General Surgery (GS) | 410,401 | 17.99 | 16.38 | 18.29 | 19.49 | 19.24 | 18.25 | 20.33 | 16.43 | 18.49 | 13.27 | 21.08 | 16.20 | 14.96 | 22.30 |
| Oto/Laryn/Rhin (OLR) | 42,952 | 1.88 | 2.19 | 2.07 | 1.78 | 1.34 | 1.15 | 2.35 | 1.57 | 1.96 | 1.04 | 2.13 | 1.31 | 1.48 | 3.27 |
| Ophthalmology (OPH) | 244,210 | 10.71 | 7.70 | 10.60 | 13.47 | 13.55 | 12.61 | 10.01 | 11.17 | 11.13 | 6.99 | 12.17 | 8.17 | 9.10 | 15.92 |
| Orthopedic Surgery (ORS) | 214,185 | 9.39 | 7.14 | 8.36 | 10.08 | 11.56 | 16.70 | 6.23 | 11.50 | 9.98 | 3.88 | 10.25 | 7.62 | 7.68 | 14.39 |
| Urology (U) | 195,109 | 8.55 | 7.40 | 9.13 | 9.74 | 8.89 | 8.19 | 17.38 | 2.64 | 8.77 | 7.13 | 9.59 | 6.57 | 7.51 | 12.39 |
| Anesthesiology (AN) | 163,844 | 7.18 | 6.74 | 7.52 | 7.40 | 7.02 | 7.64 | 8.85 | 6.07 | 7.43 | 4.83 | 7.86 | 5.62 | 5.44 | 12.20 |
| Pathology (P) | 31,054 | 1.36 | 1.18 | 1.33 | 1.54 | 1.46 | 1.64 | 1.61 | 1.19 | 1.39 | 1.13 | 0.43 | 0.98 | 2.50 | 1.19 |
| Radiology (R) | 212,798 | 9.33 | 8.67 | 9.57 | 10.19 | 9.59 | 8.88 | 10.44 | 8.58 | 9.54 | 7.55 | 8.01 | 8.55 | 9.84 | 11.66 |
| Chiropractic (CH) | 18,006 | 0.79 | 0.95 | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.53 | 0.28 | 0.73 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.22 | 0.59 | 0.76 | 0.56 | 1.59 |
| Podiatry (POD) | 54,491 | 2.39 | 1.78 | 2.25 | 2.65 | 3.11 | 3.56 | 1.43 | 3.03 | 2.42 | 2.12 | 4.18 | 1.37 | 1.58 | 2.98 |
| Multi-Specialty Group (M) | 204,449 | 8.96 | 8.05 | 9.53 | 9.85 | 9.41 | 8.19 | 10.05 | 8.24 | 9.13 | 7.44 | 3.85 | 14.02 | 4.12 | 17.68 |
| Unknown | 49,035 | 2.15 | 1.70 | 2.03 | 2.28 | 2.53 | 3.41 | 2.36 | 2.01 | 2.28 | 0.98 | 3.35 | 4.18 | 0.26 | 0.66 |
| All other (residual) | 369,441 | 16.19 | 16.75 | 17.25 | 16.23 | 14.99 | 12.44 | 17.81 | 15.11 | 16.81 | 10.62 | 20.15 | 11.46 | 13.06 | 24.31 |