Table 2.

Weighted Trends in Home Visits and Domiciliary Care by Physician Specialty to Medicare Beneficiaries in 2006 and 2011.

	Home Visits		Domiciliary Care Visits		Absolute Change in Percentage		Relative Percentage Change
	2006	2011	2006	2011	Home Visits	Domiciliary Care Visits	Home Visits	Domiciliary Care Visits
	(n = 18 165)	(n = 15 296)	(n = 7310)	(n = 8109)
Percentage of providers making at least one home visit or domiciliary care visit
Total	5.1	4.5	2	2.3	−0.6	0.3	−11.76	15
Family medicine	14.2	13.5	4.8	5.9	−0.7	1.1	−4.93	22.92
General internal medicine	12.4	10.3	5.7	6.1	−2.1	0.4	−16.94	7.02
General practice	25.4	20.6	4.5	6.1	−4.8	1.6	−18.90	35.56
Geriatric medicine	28.8	31	23.5	23.3	2.2	−0.2	7.64	−0.85
Other	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.5	−0.3	0	−25	0
Number of home visits or domiciliary care visits					Change in visit numbers
Total	917 202	980 703	730 236	948 750	63 501	218 514	6.92	29.92
Family medicine	190 047	320 685	231 124	393 319	130 638	162 195	68.74	70.18
General internal medicine	359 479	280 518	304 215	365 780	−78 961	61 565	−21.97	20.24
General practice	133 112	117 023	19 150	17 595	−16 089	−1555	−12.09	−8.12
Geriatric medicine	66 548	42 604	44 794	23 628	−23 944	−21 166	−35.98	−47.25
Other	168 016	219 873	130 953	148 428	51 857	17 475	30.86	13.34