Table 1.

Characteristics of Primary Care Visits in 2014 and 2017. Comparisons Between the Years 2014 and 2017 in Each Characteristic Category (Patient Age, Patient Sex, Clinic Site, Physician Sex) HavePValues < 0.001

	2014
Characteristic	Overall sample (N= 34,972)	Prescribed opioid (1866 [5.34%])	Not prescribed opioid (33,106 [94.66%])	Pvalue
Patient age group, no. (%)				0.12
18–64	22,576	1173 (5.20%)	21,403 (94.80%)
> 65	12,396	693 (5.59%)	11,703 (94.41%)
Patient sex, no. (%)				< 0.001
Male	12,446	569 (4.57%)	11,877 (95.43%)
Female	22,520	1297 (5.76%)	21,223 (94.24%)
Unknown	6	0 (0.00%)	6 (100%)
Clinic site, no. (%)				< 0.001
General internal medicine	22,677	1308 (5.77%)	21,369 (94.23%)
Family medicine	9683	441 (4.55%)	9242 (95.45%)
Geriatric medicine	2612	117 (4.48%)	2495 (95.52%)
Physician sex, no. (%)	34,382 (missing = 590)	1841	32,541	< 0.001
Male	12,458	588 (4.72%)	11,870 (95.28%)
Female	21,923	1253 (5.72%)	20,670 (94.28%)
Unknown	1	0 (0.00%)	1 (100%)
	2017
Characteristic	Overall sample (N = 42,313)	Prescribed opioid (1838 [4.34%])	Not prescribed opioid (40,475 [95.66%])	Pvalue
Patient age group, no. (%)	42,307 (missing = 6)			0.01
18–64	26,240	1192 (4.54%)	25,048 (95.46%)
> 65	16,067	645 (4.01%)	15,422 (95.99%)
Patient sex, no. (%)				0.003
Male	14,259	561 (3.93%)	13,698 (96.07%)
Female	28,053	1277 (4.55%)	26,776 (95.45%)
Unknown	1	0 (0.00%)	1 (100%)
Clinic site, no. (%)				< 0.001
General internal medicine	26,624	1343 (5.04%)	25,281 (94.96%)
Family medicine	11,381	358 (3.15%)	11,023 (96.85%)
Geriatric medicine	4308	137 (3.18%)	4171 (96.82%)
Physician sex, no. (%)	42,237 (missing = 76)	1838	40,399	0.002
Male	8260	310 (3.75%)	7950 (96.25%)
Female	33,977	1528 (4.50%)	32,449 (95.50%)
Unknown	–	–	–