Mean Numbers of Visits with Generalist and Specialist Physicians for Index Condition and for Other Conditions by Comorbidity Group
| Number of Visits for Index Condition (Primary Care / Specialist) | Number of Visits for Other Conditions (Primary Care / Specialist) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comorbidity Group | Comorbidity Group | |||||
| Condition | Low | Medium | High | Low | Medium | High |
| Unless otherwise indicated, prevalences are for adults. Comorbidity Groups are an aggregation of the Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACGs). | ||||||
| a. Fewer than 30 cases in category. | ||||||
| * P < .05 for comparing mean number of primary care physician visits with mean number of specialist visits. | ||||||
| ** P < .01 | ||||||
| *** P < .001 | ||||||
| Hypertension | 1.38/0.12*** | 1.38/0.17*** | 1.25/0.20*** | 1.07/0.61*** | 2.51/2.11*** | 4.79/4.31*** |
| Lipoid metabolism disorders | 1.03/0.15*** | 1.01/0.19*** | 0.86/0.18*** | 1.19/0.59*** | 2.62/1.83*** | 4.78/3.87*** |
| Asthma, children | 1.05/0.26*** | 1.16/0.28*** | 1.05/0.54*** | 2.29/0.57*** | 4.67/1.35*** | 8.19/3.25*** |
| Diabetes, adults | 1.50/0.66*** | 1.62/0.90*** | 1.84/1.32*** | 1.14/0.64*** | 2.31/1.70*** | 4.52/4.43 |
| Asthma, adults | 0.91/0.59*** | 0.83/0.64* | 0.94/1.03 | 1.56/0.80*** | 3.73/2.09*** | 6.42/4.78*** |
| Ischemic heart disease | 0.96/0.40*** | 0.87/0.59*** | 0.96/0.70*** | 1.30/0.66*** | 2.54/1.62*** | 5.00/3.92*** |
| Thrombophlebitis | 1.01/0.17*** | 1.11/0.21*** | 1.26/0.28*** | 1.25/0.69** | 2.67/1.91* | 5.24/5.24 |
| Congestive heart failure | 0.93/0.49 | 1.17/0.49* | 0.96/0.44** | 2.44/1.29* | 3.74/1.72*** | 6.75/6.90 |
| Multiple sclerosis | 0.89/1.51** | 0.54/1.73*** | 0.99/2.19*** | 1.00/0.59** | 2.49/2.27 | 4.27/4.29 |
| Diabetes, children | 0.80/1.92** | 0.74/2.57*** | 1.85/2.63a | 1.71/0.45*** | 3.07/0.81*** | 4.26/1.33***a |
| Chronic liver disease | 0.71/0.83 | 0.33/0.86 | 0.68/0.51 | 1.29/0.97 | 2.83/2.24 | 5.51/5.08 |