Patterns in Health Care Utilization and Insurance Among Adolescents Aged 13 to 18 With Continuous Health Insurance Enrollment, HealthPartners, 1997–2008
| Nonpreventive Care | Preventive Care, % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visit Characteristics | Commercial, % | Government, % | Commercial, % | Government, % | ||
| Note: Among adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 years with continuous enrollment (333 or more days between birthdays) for 4 or more years. | ||||||
| aComparing number of total preventive or nonpreventive care visits between insurance types. | ||||||
| Number of visits | ||||||
| 0 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 30 | ||
| 1 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 36 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 21 | ||
| 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 to 10 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| >10 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| No. | No. | P Valuea | No. | No. | P Value | |
| Mean total visits, No. | 6.83 | 6.41 | .028 | 1.07 | 1.18 | <.001 |
| Mean visit rate per year | 1.50 | 1.47 | .570 | 0.23 | 0.27 | <.001 |