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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of Adults by Medical Treatment Bundle

From: Effects of health insurance on patient demand for physician services

Characteristics

All

Routine

Visits Only

Emergency

Visits Only

Mixture

of Visits

One or Less Visits

χ2P

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(4)

(5)

Unweighted sample size, N

47,252

22,454

1378

4530

18,890

 

Mean age, y

44.46

(11.26)

46.21

(11.21)

40.92

(10.45)

45.59

(11.39)

41.84

(10.80)

< 0.01

Gender

 Female, %

48.79

(49.99)

42.69

(49.46)

53.50

(49.90)

37.41

(48.39)

60.36

(48.92)

< 0.01

 Male, %

51.21

(49.99)

57.31

(49.46)

46.50

(49.90)

62.59

(48.39)

39.64

(48.92)

< 0.01

Geographic Region

 Northeast, %

17.66

(38.14)

18.78

(39.06)

15.44

(36.14)

18.34

(38.70)

16.00

(36.66)

< 0.01

 Midwest, %

20.81

(40.60)

21.01

(40.74)

22.23

(41.60)

23.29

(42.27)

19.78

(39.84)

< 0.01

 South, %

37.34

(48.37)

36.33

(48.10)

42.70

(49.48)

38.09

(48.57)

38.26

(48.60)

< 0.01

 West, %

24.18

(42.82)

23.87

(42.63)

19.63

(39.74)

20.28

(40.21)

25.96

(43.84)

< 0.01

Insurance Coverage

 Private insurance, %

77.44

(41.80)

84.96

(35.74)

54.88

(49.78)

69.83

(45.90)

69.96

(45.85)

< 0.01

 Public insurance, %

11.34

(31.71)

9.59

(29.44)

24.37

(42.95)

23.25

(4224)

9.93

(29.91)

< 0.01

 Uninsured, %

11.21

(31.56)

5.45

(22.70)

20.75

(40.57)

6.922

(25.39)

20.11

(40.09)

< 0.01

Race/Ethnicity

 White non-Hispanic, %

61.37

(48.69)

66.11

(47.34)

52.24

(49.97)

62.16

(48.50)

54.86

(49.76)

< 0.01

 Black non-Hispanic, %

11.93

(32.41)

10.43

(30.56)

20.32

(40.25)

15.72

(36.40)

12.57

(33.15)

< 0.01

 Other non-Hispanic, %

9.36

(29.12)

9.15

(28.82)

8.17

(27.39)

6.89

(25.33)

10.39

(30.51)

< 0.01

 Hispanic, %

17.34

(37.86)

14.31

(35.03)

19.27

(39.46)

15.24

(35.94)

22.18

(41.55)

< 0.01

Educational Attainment

 No degree

10.11

(30.15)

7.52

(26.38)

17.61

(38.11)

12.20

(32.73)

12.86

(33.48)

< 0.01

 High school degree/GED

26.59

(44.18)

23.38

(42.33)

33.69

(47.29)

28.49

(45.14)

30.31

(45.96)

< 0.01

 At least some college

63.30

(48.20)

69.09

(46.21)

48.70

(50.01)

59.31

(49.13)

56.83

(49.53)

< 0.01