Table 3.
Distribution and proportion of outpatient health care visits between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2012 (all visits, HIV visits and non-HIV visits) by specialist category and HIV caseload
| Physician specialty | Physician HIV caseload | All visits | HIV visits | Non-HIV visits | Proportion HIV visits/all visits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n) | (%) | (n) | (%) | (n) | (%) | (%) | ||
| Family Medicine | Low | 54,712 | 13.5% | 1,246 | 0.9% | 53,466 | 19.8% | 2.3% |
| Medium | 62,541 | 15.4% | 3,841 | 2.8% | 58,700 | 21.8% | 6.1% | |
| High | 10,0597 | 24.8% | 68,503 | 50.2% | 32,094 | 11.9% | 68.1% | |
| All | 217,850 | 53.6% | 73,590 | 53.9% | 144,260 | 53.5% | 33.8% | |
| Internal Medicine | Low | 2,106 | 0.5% | 75 | 0.1% | 2,031 | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Medium | 3,872 | 1.0% | 1,007 | 0.7% | 2,865 | 1.1% | 26.0% | |
| High | 14,110 | 3.5% | 12,060 | 8.8% | 2,050 | 0.8% | 85.5% | |
| All | 20,088 | 4.9% | 13,142 | 9.6% | 6,946 | 2.6% | 65.4% | |
| Infectious Disease | Low | 118 | 0.03% | 36 | 0.03% | 82 | 0.03% | 30.5% |
| Medium | 1,632 | 0.4% | 1,276 | 0.9% | 356 | 0.1% | 78.2% | |
| High | 49,038 | 12.1% | 43,316 | 31.7% | 5,722 | 2.1% | 88.3% | |
| All | 50,788 | 12.5% | 44,628 | 32.7% | 6,160 | 2.3% | 87.9% | |
| Other specialist | Low | 36,465 | 9.0% | 293 | 0.2% | 36,172 | 13.4% | 0.8% |
| Medium | 47,239 | 11.6% | 894 | 0.7% | 46,345 | 17.2% | 1.9% | |
| High | 33,981 | 8.4% | 4,043 | 3.0% | 29,938 | 11.1% | 11.9% | |
| All | 117,685 | 29.0% | 5,230 | 3.8% | 112,455 | 41.7% | 4.4% | |
| Total | 406,411 | 100% | 136,590 | 100% | 269,821 | 100% | 33.6% | |
Caseload volume categories by number of patients in HIV cohort seen during the 3-year study period: low (≤5 patients), medium (6-49 patients) and high (50+ patients).