Table 2.

Number of Patient Visits to Primary Care and Specialist Physicians for Diagnoses With a Specialty Care Focus, by Overall Morbidity Burden

		Overall Morbidity Burden
		Lowest		Intermediate		Highest
Diagnosis	Prevalence per 1,000	Visits to Primary Care	Visits to Specialists	Visits to Primary Care	Visits to Specialists	Visits to Primary Care	Visits to Specialists
Note: A specialist focus implies the diagnosis is made more often for patients in specialty care than in primary care. Differences are significant at the .005 level (unless indicated by ns) using paired t tests with Hochberg multiple test family-wise error rate adjustment. Not all 87 diagnoses shown.
Cataract, aphakia	187	0.03	1.31	0.04	1.40	0.04	1.47
Ischemic heart disease	152	0.90	1.17	1.01	1.35	1.08	1.60
Benign and unspecified neoplasm	108	0.23	1.16	0.22	1.28	0.24	1.43
Skin keratoses	108	0.14	1.31	0.13	1.41	0.12	1.52
Cardiac arrhythmia	102	1.29	1.49	1.35	1.65	1.31	1.78
Glaucoma	87	0.01	2.28	0.01	2.29	0.01	2.29
Low-impact malignant neoplasms	82	0.38	2.79	0.50	3.31	0.62	4.03
Retinal disorders (excluding diabetic retinopathy)	65	0.01	1.56	0.02	1.68	0.02	1.75
Cerebrovascular disease	54	0.80	0.85	0.81	0.95	0.85	1.05
Urinary symptoms	53	0.50	0.94	0.44	1.15	0.41	1.34
Prostatic hypertrophy	52	0.41	0.97	0.35	1.15	0.28	1.34
Cardiovascular signs and symptoms	51	0.59	0.62	0.58	0.71	0.56	0.80
Dermatitis and eczema	49	0.51	0.88	0.43	1.02	0.38	1.17
Bursitis, synovitis, tenosynovitis	48	0.67	0.82	0.59	1.04	0.55	1.34
Malignant neoplasms of the skin	48	0.13	1.75	0.12	1.86	0.11	1.96
Surgical aftercare	48	0.16	1.44	0.23	1.61	0.25	1.71
Cardiac valve disorders	41	0.42	1.06	0.41	1.08	0.39	1.17
Allergic rhinitis	37	1.12	1.93	1.20	2.27	1.14	2.69
Gastrointestinal signs and symptoms	34	0.59	0.61	0.52	0.78	0.49	0.89
Peripheral neuropathy, neuritis	29	0.64	1.04	0.57	1.24	0.53	1.40
Conjunctivitis, keratitis	26	0.27	1.01	0.21	1.19	0.18	1.33
Disorders of the eyelid and lacrimal duct	26	0.02	1.26	0.02	1.38	0.02	1.50
Fractures (excluding digits)	26	0.45	1.62	0.45	1.60	0.48	1.51
Autoimmune and connective tissue disease	24	1.12	1.93	1.30	2.16	1.34	2.34
Deafness, hearing loss	24	0.17	0.98	0.14	1.07	0.09	1.16
Menopausal symptoms	22	0.45	0.76	0.39	0.83	0.39	0.90
Peripheral vascular disease	22	0.62	0.88	0.61	1.04	0.55	1.27
Vaginitis, vulvitis, cervicitis	21	0.41	0.70	0.35	0.80	0.33	0.91
Other skin disorders	19	0.49	0.68	0.44	0.74	0.37	0.84
Ophthalmic signs and symptoms	16	0.06	1.04	0.08	1.06	0.10	1.09
High-impact malignant neoplasms	16	0.62	3.51	0.93	4.36	0.98	4.89
Refractive errors	15	0.00	1.02	0.00	1.04	0.00	1.05
Uterovaginal prolapse	15	0.23	1.51	0.18	1.69	0.16	1.84
Infections of eyelid	14	0.08	1.16	0.07	1.23	0.05	1.29
Sebaceous cyst	14	0.44	0.87	0.34	0.96	0.26	1.04
Joint disorders, trauma related	13	0.35	1.22	0.34	1.41	0.33	1.48