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Supplementary Table 1
Average Number of Visits Reported Per Person Per Year and Percent of Patients
with Any Visit During the Year, by Type of Practitioner
Note: The proportion of Americans who saw a physician or nurse practitioner at least once during the year grew slightly between 1997 and 2001. The average number of doctor and nurse practitioner visits per person remained unchanged.
|
1996-97
|
1998-99
|
2000-01
|
|
|
Average number of visits per year
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Visit |
|
3.7
|
3.8
|
| Nurse Practitioner (NP) Visit |
|
0.4
|
0.4
|
| Doctor or NP Visit |
|
4.1
|
4.2
|
|
Percent with any visit in year
|
|||
| Doctor Visit |
|
77.9*
|
77.9#
|
| NP Visit |
|
12.8
|
15.0*#
|
| Doctor or NP Visit |
|
79.6*
|
79.8#
|
* Change from previous survey is statistically significant at p<.05.
# Change from 1997-2001 is statistically significant at p<.05.
Source: HSC Community Tracking Survey Household Survey
