Table 2:
Health Care Utilization, by County Rurality
| County Rurality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totala (N = 6,275,456) | Metro counties (N = 5,066,625) | Non-metro, adjacent to metro counties (N = 730,316) | Non-metro, not adjacent to metro counties (N = 478,516) | P valueb | |
| Health care utilization | |||||
| Well-child medical visits | |||||
| Any visit, n (%) | 3,703,107 (59.0) | 3,040,389 (60.0) | 418,889 (57.4) | 243,829 (51.0) | < .001 |
| Total visits, mean (SD) | 1.09 (1.35) | 1.11 (1.35) | 1.09 (1.38) | 0.97 (1.35) | < .001 |
| Visits with POHS in medical offices | |||||
| Any visit, n (%) | 486,886 (7.8) | 423,679 (8.4) | 42,422 (5.8) | 20,786 (4.3) | < .001 |
| Total visits, mean (SD) | 0.11 (0.41) | 0.11 (0.42) | 0.08 (0.36) | 0.06 (0.29) | < .001 |
| Visits with POHS in dental offices | |||||
| Any visit, n (%) | 2,354,346 (37.5) | 1,905,704 (37.6) | 275,793 (37.8) | 172,849 (36.1) | < .001 |
| Total visits, mean (SD) | 0.56 (0.83) | 0.56 (0.83) | 0.55 (0.82) | 0.53 (0.81) | < .001 |
SD = standard deviation; POHS = preventive oral health services
Notes:
a
The sample includes all children from 39 states who were aged < 6 years with at least 6 months of Medicaid eligibility during the 1-year study period. The sample was weighted to reflect the sampling of children in each state and calendar year.
b
P values were calculated using analysis of variance for continuous variables and the chi-squared test of independence for categorical variables.