Table 2.
Outcome | Nurse Practitioners | Physician Assistants | Physicians |
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Estimated Proportion with… (95% Confidence Interval) | |||
Any inpatient visit | 0.115 (0.112, 0.119) | 0.117 (0.112, 0.123) | 0.127 (0.125, 0.129) |
Any ambulatory care sensitive condition inpatient visit | 0.102 (0.097, 0.105) | 0.102 (0.097, 0.108) | 0.111 (0.109, 0.113) |
Any ambulatory care sensitive condition emergency department visit | 0.012 (0.011, 0.013) | 0.012 (0.010, 0.014) | 0.013 (0.013, 0.014) |
Estimated Mean Number of Days with… (95% Confidence Interval) | |||
An emergency department visit | 0.60 (0.58, 0.63) | 0.59 (0.56, 0.63) | 0.67 (0.65, 0.68) |
A VA primary care visit | 3.10 (3.04, 3.15) | 3.27 (3.17, 3.37) | 2.93 (2.90, 2.96) |
A VA non-endocrinology specialty care visit | 2.25 (2.18, 2.31) | 2.15 (2.05, 2.25) | 2.27 (2.24, 2.30) |
A VA endocrinology visit | 0.25 (0.24, 0.25) | 0.26 (0.23, 0.28) | 0.26 (0.25, 0.28) |