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. 2014 Oct 10;14:260. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-260

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of preventive care visits before 2007 (2005-2006)

Child visits Young adult visits
Unweighted a (N = 916) Weighted b (N = 36,247,982) Unweighted (N = 331) Weighted (N = 10,693,301)
Characteristic Visits (N) Proportion of visits (%) Visits (N) Proportion of visits (%, (95% CI c)) Visits (N) Proportion of visits (%) Visits (N) Proportion of visits (%, (95% CI))
Urinalysis 180 19.7 7,347,141 20.3 (15.0, 26.8) 63 19.0 2,158,310 20.2 (14.6, 27.2)
Patient gender
Male 473 51.64 19,231,738 53.1 (47.9, 58.2) 85 25.7 3,087,855 28.9 (21.8, 37.1)
Female 443 48.36 17,016,244 46.9 (41.9, 52.1) 246 74.3 7,605,446 71.1 (62.9, 78.2)
Patient race/ethnicity
White 694 75.8 30,532,293 84.2 (78.7, 88.6) 240 72.5 8,441,612 78.9 (70.1, 85.7)
Black 119 13.0 3,068,705 8.5 (5.4, 13.0) 47 14.2 1,397,124 13.1 (8.3, 20.0)
Other 103 11.2 2,646,984 7.3 (4.9, 10.7) 44 13.3 854,565 8.0 (4.0, 15.3)
Physician specialty
Pediatrician 660 72.1 27,449,990 75.7 (69.3, 81.2) 14 4.2 679,551 6.4 (2.7, 14.1)
Family practitioner 256 28.0 8,797,992 24.3 (18.8, 30.7) 317 95.8 10,013,750 93.7 (85.9, 97.3)
Visit setting
Private practice 686 74.9 34,641,012 95.6 (91.8, 97.7) 231 69.8 10,406,117 97.3 (94.8, 98.6)
CHC 230 25.1 1,606,970 4.4 (2.4, 8.2) 100 30.2 287,184 2.7 (1.4, 5.2)

aUnweighted estimates reflect the absolute number of visits in the study sample.

bWeighted estimates are sample visits weighted using NAMCS patient visit frequencies to develop national estimates.

cCI = Confidence Interval.