Table 2.

Summary statistics–patient healthcare utilization.

	Enrollees affected by PCP exits	Enrollees not affected by PCP exits
Health care spending
Primary care spending	$187.82	$195.92
All physician spending	$615.38	$638.71
Pharmaceutical drug spending	$1877.17	$1929.05
Outpatient spending	$2551.42	$2865.29
Inpatient spending	$4654.22	$5104.92
Post-acute care spending	$1841.40	$2016.62
Total spending	$11,634.22	$12,627.15
Office visits and diagnoses
# Primary care office visits	3.19	3.31
# All office visits	8.13	8.61
# Diagnoses	13.36	14.60
# Chronic conditions	3.74	3.73
Low-quality care
# ED visits	0.54	0.56
# Avoidable hospitalizations	0.05	0.06
High-quality care
Pr(flu vaccine = 1)	0.45	0.48
Pr(recommend diabetes care = 1)	0.46	0.49
N = # enrollees × years	1,186,752	27,402,848
# Enrollees	195,023	63,46,211

Notes: This table provides sample means derived from the 20% Medicare Master Beneficiary Summary Files and the 20% Carrier claims from the years 2007 to 2013. Column 1 shows information on health care utilization for patients affected by PCP exits at some point during the sample period. Column 2 shows the same information for patients who were never affected by PCP exits during the sample period, but who could be attributed to a PCP using the Evaluation and Management codes in the Carrier claims.