Table 1. Characteristics of Pediatric Patients Across All Specialties at Participating Medical Groups in 2019a.
| Characteristic | No. (%) of patients |
|---|---|
| Race | |
| Asian | 40 576 (7.4) |
| Black | 20 156 (3.7) |
| White | 228 120 (41.5) |
| Otherb | 181 053 (33.0) |
| >1 Race | 3439 (0.6) |
| Unreported | 75 962 (13.8) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic | 199 987 (36.4) |
| Ethnicity other than Hispanic | 277 167 (50.5) |
| Unreported | 72 152 (13.1) |
| Agec | |
| ≤12 mo | 54 324 (9.4) |
| 13 to ≤35 mo | 68 597 (11.8) |
| 3 to ≤5 y | 72 024 (12.4) |
| 6 to ≤12 y | 195 349 (33.7) |
| 13 to ≤17 y | 160 050 (27.6) |
| Preferred language | |
| English | 406 347 (74.0) |
| Language other than English | 72 928 (13.3) |
| Unreported | 70 031 (12.7) |
| Payer | |
| None or uninsured | 9025 (1.6) |
| Medicaid | 250 329 (45.6) |
| Other government insurance | 30 588 (5.5) |
| Commercial | 258 429 (47.1) |
| Other | 935 (0.2) |
Participating medical groups included Stanford Children’s Health, Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego Health, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, UC Davis Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Orange County, Cottage Children’s Medical Center, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, and Loma Linda University Health. All participating medical groups were organizations with a pediatric focus; however, in select cases, organizations had some practitioners who served both children and adults. Visits with individual practitioners who did not predominantly see pediatric patients were excluded.
Other can include other races not listed (eg, Native American and Pacific Islander) and individuals not identifying as any listed race.
Column percentages for patient age do not total 100% because approximately 5% of patients were older than 18 years.