Table 2.

Comparison of Services in PHEs, Visits for Acute Problems, and Visits for Chronic Care in 2011–2014 in Adults ≥ 18

	Acute	Chronic	PHE	p value†
No. of visits (weighted)	1,337,206,061	1,094,361,868	64,662,713
Health education/counseling
Diet/nutrition	7.0	11.0	25.5	< 0.001
Exercise	4.7	8.2	23.2	< 0.001
Family planning/contraception	0.7	0.4	2.2	< 0.001
Stress management	1.3	2.4	2.5	0.50
Tobacco use cessation	2.0	2.4	5.5	< 0.001
Weight reduction	2.4	4.0	7.2	< 0.001
Injury prevention	2.4	1.0	4.3	0.01
Imaging
CT scan	3.3	1.5	*	*
Echocardiogram	1.4	1.2	0.9	0.22
Mammography	0.9	1.0	9.5	< 0.001
MRI	1.99	1.48	*	*
X-ray	10.9	3.7	3.7	< 0.001
Bone density	0.4	0.5	3.2	< 0.001
Blood tests
CBC	11.8	13.1	37.4	< 0.001
PSA	1.9	2.1	10.1	< 0.001
Lipid profile	6.8	9.9	41.1	< 0.001
HbA1c	4.6	6.4	12.9	< 0.001
Glucose	5.0	5.5	14.8	< 0.001
Tests and procedures
Cardiac stress test	0.9	0.9	*	*
Chlamydia test	0.7	0.1	2.1	< 0.001
Colonoscopy	2.0	1.0	4.4	< 0.001
EKG/ECG	3.1	3.2	12.9	< 0.001
PAP test	1.03	0.35	13.1	< 0.001
Urinalysis	8.1	6.4	25.6	< 0.001
Screening
Depression screening	2.0	3.1	6.6	< 0.001

†p values are comparing both acute and chronic visits to the PHE

*Fewer than 30 records were available, making the estimates unreliable