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Table 1 Participant characteristics and use of healthcare provider in the past 12 months by type of provider seen, National Health Interview Survey 2010 (n = 26,716) $

From: Is provider type associated with cancer screening and prevention: advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and physicians

 

Have seen or talked with any provider

Seen or talked with a primary care physician and no APRN/PAa

Seen or talked with a primary care physician and an APRN/PAb

Seen or talked with other healthcare providercand no APRN/PAb

Did not see any healthcare provider

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

Total

21,752

(82.0)

14,944

(55.3)

4,891

(19.2)

1,917

(7.5)

4964

(18.0)

Gender

          

Male

8,657

(44.2)

5,790

(43.3)

1,745

(39.2)

1,122

(63.6)

3,125

(67.2)

Female

13,095

(55.8)

9,154

(56.7)

3,146

(60.8)

795

(36.4)

1,839

(32.8)

Age, y

          

18-20

726

(4.8)

496

(5.0)

141

(4.0)

89

(5.7)

296

(8.0)

21-30

3,393

(16.3)

2,159

(14.9)

842

(17.9)

392

(21.8)

1,304

(28.7)

31-49

6,979

(32.9)

4,678

(32.0)

1,601

(33.5)

700

(37.7)

2,107

(40.5)

50-64

5,655

(26.7)

3,884

(26.9)

1,333

(27.9)

438

(22.3)

908

(17.5)

65-80

3,731

(14.9)

2,743

(16.1)

753

(13.4)

235

(10.1)

285

(4.4)

81+

1,268

(4.4)

984

(5.0)

221

(3.4)

63

(2.4)

64

(1.0)

Education (missing N = 114)

          

Less than high school

3,286

(12.6)

2,524

(14.0)

479

(8.5)

283

(12.7)

1,280

(22.6)

High school graduate or GED

5,519

(25.6)

3,856

(25.9)

1,146

(23.8)

517

(27.6)

1,531

(32.7)

Some college or AA degree, less than 4 year degreed

6,691

(31.4)

4,406

(30.2)

1,725

(35.3)

560

(30.4)

1,239

(26.4)

College graduate BA/BS, or highere

6,166

(30.4)

4,097

(29.9)

1,519

(32.4)

550

(29.3)

890

(18.3)

Health insurance (missing N = 79)

          

Uninsured

2,635

(11.6)

1,700

(10.7)

498

(10.0)

437

(22.0)

2,381

(46.9)

Any private/military

14,417

(70.8)

9,823

(70.5)

3,432

(74.1)

1162

(65.5)

1,935

(42.9)

Public only

4,640

(17.3)

3,377

(18.4)

953

(15.7)

310

(12.5)

629

(10.2)

Number of healthcare provider visits (missing N = 116)

          

0-1

5,022

(23.4)

3,383

(22.9)

518

(10.7)

1121

(59.4)

4,456

(90.7)

2-3

6,445

(30.2)

4,891

(33.6)

1,185

(25.0)

369

(19.1)

336

(6.5)

4+

10,179

(46.3)

6,594

(43.5)

3,163

(64.3)

422

(21.5)

162

(2.8)

Number of health conditions

          

0

7,517

(35.7)

5,262

(36.3)

1,342

(29.2)

913

(47.9)

3,319

(67.3)

1

5,331

(25.7)

3,691

(25.9)

1,148

(24.7)

492

(27.0)

1,063

(21.5)

2

3,579

(16.2)

2,463

(16.1)

855

(17.5)

261

(13.2)

338

(6.5)

3+

5,325

(22.4)

3,528

(21.7)

1,546

(28.6)

251

(11.9)

244

(4.6)

  1. Note: Chi Square Test used to test for association between type of provider seen and participant characteristic. Percentages are weighted estimates.
  2. $The associations between participant characteristics and use of a healthcare provider in the past 12 months by type of provider seen were assessed using the Wald F-test. Each association was statistically significant at p < .01.
  3. aPrimary care physician includes physicians in general practice, family medicine, internal medicine, and obstetrics/gynecology. APRN indicates Advanced Practice Registered Nurse which includes certified nurse midwives (CNM) and nurse practitioners (NP); PA indicates physician assistant.
  4. bAPRN indicates Advanced Practice Registered Nurse which includes certified nurse midwives (CNM) and nurse practitioners (NP); PA indicates physician assistant.
  5. cOther healthcare providers include mental health professionals such as a psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or clinical social workers. It also includes foot doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, speech therapists, respiratory therapists, audiologists, and/or occupational therapists.
  6. dAA indicates Associate in Arts.
  7. eBA indicates Bachelor of Arts; BS indicates Bachelor of Science.
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