Table 1.
Provision of primary care by specialists, according to specialty (n=2879)
| Specialist’s field | Percent of office visits identified by the specialist as a visit to the PCP* (SE) |
| Cardiology | 10.0 (3.3) |
| Psychiatry | 8.0 (5.3) |
| Otolaryngology | 5.6 (4.5) |
| General surgery | 2.6 (1.3) |
| Ophthalmology | 2.0 (1.0) |
| Orthopaedic surgery | 1.0 (0.5) |
| Other specialists | 8.1 (1.4) |
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey,15
*PCP is the patient’s primary care provider as indicated by a positive response to the question, ‘Are you the patient's primary care physician/provider?’.