Table 1.
Statistics by Type of Insurance
| Type of Insurance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n = 582) | Medicaid (n = 194) | Medicare (n = 194) | Private (n = 194) | P | |
| Business days until appointmenta | 4.0 ± 5.7 | 5.3 ± 8.9 | 4.1 ± 4.3 | 2.9 ± 2.3 | <.001 |
| Accept insurance, n (%)b | |||||
| No | 64/562 (11.4) | 59/188 (31.4) | 4/186 (2.2) | 1/188 (0.5) | <.001 |
| Yes | 498/562 (88.6) | 129/188 (68.6) | 182/186 (97.8) | 187/188 (99.5) | |
aData are reported as mean ± SD business days until appointment.
bSeveral practices (n = 20) could not be reached despite repeat telephone calls and were therefore not included in the analysis.