Table 1.
Patient Demographic Characteristics, by Clinician Type*
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| Physicians | APCs | P Value | Physicians | APCs | P Value | |
| Sample/weighted population, n/N | 12 170/586 million | 473/25.8 million | 13 359/54.2 million | 2947/14.6 million | ||
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| Mean age, y | 48.9 | 47.9 | 0.34 | 45.0 | 42.6 | <0.001 |
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| Female | 62.7 | 63.6 | 0.78 | 64.6 | 66.3 | 0.27 |
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| Race/ethnicity | 0.067 | <0.001 | ||||
| White | 76.9 | 77.2 | 70.6 | 79.6 | ||
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| Black | 10.3 | 10.8 | 16.7 | 9.2 | ||
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| Hispanic | 8.3 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 7.5 | ||
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| Other | 4.6 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | ||
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| Mean Charlson comorbidity count | 0.047 | 0.044 | 0.77 | 0.049 | 0.022 | <0.001 |
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| Acute symptoms | 72.7 | 77.5 | 0.096 | 75.0 | 88.0 | <0.001 |
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| Insurance | 0.077 | 0.050 | ||||
| Private | 57.6 | 65.1 | 46.0 | 42.0 | ||
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| Medicare/Medicaid | 26.7 | 21.0 | 33.4 | 32.7 | ||
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| Other | 15.8 | 13.9 | 20.6 | 25.3 | ||
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| Provider identifies as PCP | 79.9 | 71.0 | 0.21 | 52.8 | 52.5 | 0.96 |
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| Urban location | 82.1 | 78.9 | 0.46 | 81.7 | 49.7 | <0.001 |
| Region | 0.040 | 0.31 | ||||
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| Northeast | 19.1 | 17.1 | 17.6 | 17.5 | ||
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| Midwest | 24.2 | 23.6 | 37.2 | 25.5 | ||
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| South | 35.5 | 47.6 | 30.8 | 40.2 | ||
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| West | 21.2 | 11.7 | 14.4 | 16.8 | ||
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| URIs | 35.6 | 44.1 | 0.015 | 37.1 | 42.0 | 0.016 |
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| Back pain | 47.4 | 39.9 | 0.011 | 46.0 | 41.5 | 0.029 |
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| Headache | 18.2 | 17.8 | 0.85 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 0.99 |
APC = advanced practice clinician; PCP = primary care provider; URI = upper respiratory infection.
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Values are percentages unless otherwise indicated and may not sum to 100 due to rounding. Boldface values indicate comparisons with P < 0.05.