Table II.
Percentage of adolescents having at least 1 preventive care visit, 2003–2010 MarketScan database
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| Number of adolescents | 924 381 | 1 027 624 | 1 183 285 | 1 284 699 | 1 622 938 | 1 863 651 | 2 043 328 | 1 983 226 |
| Full Sample | 24.6 | 25.3 | 28.6 | 33.5 | 36.3 | 37.2 | 39.8 | 41.1 |
| Sex* | ||||||||
| Male | 21.9 | 22.5 | 25.8 | 30.4 | 32.5 | 33.4 | 36.2 | 37.6 |
| Female | 27.4 | 28.1 | 31.5 | 36.6 | 40.1 | 41.1 | 43.5 | 44.6 |
| Age group* | ||||||||
| Early (11–14 y) | 29.2 | 29.4 | 33.4 | 39.7 | 43.3 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 50.5 |
| Middle (15–17 y) | 25.5 | 26.0 | 29.3 | 34.3 | 37.0 | 38.1 | 40.3 | 41.8 |
| Late (18–21 y) | 19.0 | 20.0 | 22.4 | 25.7 | 27.7 | 28.5 | 30.4 | 30.5 |
| Region* | ||||||||
| Northeast | 49.1 | 47.1 | 52.5 | 55.3 | 58.7 | 60.4 | 61.4 | 61.8 |
| North central | 21.7 | 23.8 | 27.3 | 32.2 | 35.4 | 36.7 | 40.0 | 41.6 |
| South | 19.4 | 20.8 | 24.2 | 28.7 | 31.7 | 33.3 | 36.0 | 36.4 |
| West | 24.4 | 26.1 | 26.4 | 31.2 | 32.9 | 32.0 | 32.6 | 35.8 |
| MSA* | ||||||||
| Yes | 27.3 | 27.9 | 30.8 | 35.3 | 38.3 | 39.0 | 41.6 | 42.8 |
| No | 13.8 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 22.2 | 24.1 | 25.5 | 27.3 | 28.6 |
| Insurance type* | ||||||||
| FFS | 14.1 | 13.4 | 15.8 | 19.0 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 29.3 | 25.7 |
| Managed care plans | ||||||||
| HMO | 31.0 | 31.4 | 32.7 | 38.0 | 41.2 | 41.6 | 42.1 | 44.4 |
| POS | 34.2 | 33.7 | 36.6 | 37.6 | 39.2 | 40.6 | 44.0 | 42.6 |
| PPO | 18.5 | 21.3 | 25.6 | 31.2 | 33.6 | 34.8 | 38.4 | 40.2 |
Outpatient visits with International Classification of Diseases-9th Revision codes: V20.2, V70.0, V70.3, V70.5, V70.6, V70.8, and V70.9 or Current Procedural Terminology codes between 99381 and 99397 are defined as preventive care visits.
Differences within groups are statistically significant at the 1% level during each of the study years.