Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of US Community-Dwelling Adults, Comparing Patients With No Physician Office Visits (2015 or 2016), Patients With Physician Office Visits (2015 or 2016), and Patients With Physician Office Visits (2015 and 2016)
| Baseline Characteristic | MEPS Sample n = 11,782 | Overall, US Adult Population | Patients With No Office Visits (2015 or 2016) | Patients With Office Visits (2015 or 2016) | Patients With Office Visits (2015 and 2016) | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted Frequency (in 1,000s) (%) N = 238,747 (100%) | Weighted Frequency (in 1,000s) (%) N1 = 51,546 (21.6%) | Weighted Frequency (in 1,000s) (%) N2 = 56,885 (23.8%) | Weighted Frequency (in 1,000s) (%) N3 = 130,316 (54.6%) | |||
| Age, mean (SD) | 46.0 (17.5) | 46.6 (17.8) | 37.6 (14.2) | 40.8 (15.5) | 52.7 (17.7) | <.001 |
| Age group | <.001 | |||||
| <40 y | 4,707 (40.0) | 93,301 (39.1) | 30,487 (59.1) | 29,532 (51.9) | 33,282 (25.5) | |
| 40-64 y | 5,107 (43.3) | 102,195 (42.8) | 19,112 (37.1) | 22,924 (40.3) | 60,159 (46.2) | |
| ≥65 y | 1,968 (16.7) | 43,251 (18.1) | 1,948 (3.8) | 4,428 (7.8) | 36,874 (28.3) | |
| Sex | <.001 | |||||
| Male | 5,455 (46.3) | 114,958 (48.2) | 32,548 (63.1) | 29,503 (51.9) | 52,908 (40.6) | |
| Female | 6,327 (53.7) | 123,789 (51.8) | 18,998 (36.9) | 27,382 (48.1) | 77,408 (59.4) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | <.001 | |||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 5,037 (42.8) | 152,163 (63.7) | 26,842 (52.1) | 33,429 (58.8) | 91,891 (70.5) | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 2,113 (17.9) | 27,936 (11.7) | 7,615 (14.8) | 6,994 (12.3) | 13,328 (10.2) | |
| Asian, non-Hispanic | 938 (8.0) | 14,220 (6.0) | 3,480 (6.8) | 4,251 (7.5) | 6,489 (5.0) | |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 312 (2.6) | 6,972 (2.9) | 1,296 (2.5) | 1,397 (2.5) | 4,279 (3.3) | |
| Hispanic | 3,382 (28.7) | 37,456 (15.7) | 12,314 (23.9) | 10,813 (19.0) | 14,328 (11.0) | |
| Educationa | <.001 | |||||
| <High school | 2,331 (19.8) | 30,476 (12.8) | 8,417 (16.3) | 6,978 (12.3) | 15,080 (11.6) | |
| High school graduate | 3,729 (31.6) | 73,042 (30.6) | 18,186 (35.3) | 17,879 (31.4) | 36,977 (28.4) | |
| >High school | 5,611 (47.6) | 133,789 (56.0) | 24,271 (47.1) | 31,643 (55.6) | 77,875 (59.8) | |
| US region | .02 | |||||
| Northeast | 1,971 (16.7) | 43,448 (18.2) | 9,167 (17.8) | 9,717 (17.1) | 24,566 (18.9) | |
| Midwest | 2,242 (19.0) | 50,597 (21.2) | 10,290 (20.0) | 11,451 (20.1) | 28,856 (22.1) | |
| South | 4,410 (37.4) | 88,295 (37.0) | 19,456 (37.7) | 20,431 (35.9) | 48,408 (37.1) | |
| West | 3,159 (26.8) | 56,406 (23.6) | 12,634 (24.5) | 15,286 (26.9) | 28,487 (21.9) | |
| Multimorbiditya | <.001 | |||||
| 0-1 diagnosis | 1,945 (16.5) | 38,428 (16.1) | 12,736 (24.7) | 14,661 (25.8) | 11,032 (8.7) | |
| 2-4 diagnoses | 3,789 (32.2) | 79,785 (33.4) | 12,260 (23.8) | 23,343 (41.0) | 44,183 (33.9) | |
| ≥5 diagnoses | 3,772 (32.0) | 83,426 (34.9) | 2,400 (4.7) | 8,844 (15.5) | 72,183 (55.4) | |
| Insurance | <.001 | |||||
| Private | 6,968 (59.1) | 168,343 (70.5) | 31,780 (61.7) | 42,118 (74) | 94,445 (72.5) | |
| Public | 3,175 (26.9) | 48,635 (20.4) | 7,802 (15.1) | 9,308 (16.4) | 31,525 (24.2) | |
| Uninsured | 1,639 (13.9) | 21,769 (9.1) | 11,964 (23.2) | 5,459 (9.6) | 4,346 (3.3) | |
| Usual source of carea | 8,388 (71.2) | 177,517 (74.4) | 23,090 (44.8) | 39,323 (69.1) | 115,104 (88.3) | <.001 |
| Physician-patient relationship, mean (SD) | 66.6 (14.3) | 67.1 (13.6) | 66.0 (15.8) | 67.4 (14.6) | 67.1 (13.2) | .49 |
HC = MEPS Household Component; MEPS = Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
Notes: Data are presented as population count (in 1,000s) and percent unless otherwise noted. For MEPS sample, data are shown as count (%), except for continuous measures, which are presented as mean (SD). For physician-patient relationship, there are missing data for n = 5,342. χ2 test performed on all observations with value > 0.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Longitudinal Panel (HC −193, 2015-2016) and Medical Conditions (HC −190, 2015).
↵a Data missing for education (n = 111), multimorbidity (n = 2,276), and usual source of care (n = 3,394); percentages reflect observed counts and thus do not sum to 100.