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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of preventive care visits before 2007 (2005-2006)

From: Pediatric screening urinalysis: a difference-in-differences analysis of how a 2007 change in guidelines impacted use

 

Child visits

Young adult visits

Unweighteda(N = 916)

Weightedb(N = 36,247,982)

Unweighted (N = 331)

Weighted (N = 10,693,301)

Characteristic

Visits (N)

Proportion of visits (%)

Visits (N)

Proportion of visits (%, (95% CIc))

Visits (N)

Proportion of visits (%)

Visits (N)

Proportion of visits (%, (95% CI))

Urinalysis

180

19.7

7,347,141

20.3 (15.0, 26.8)

63

19.0

2,158,310

20.2 (14.6, 27.2)

Patient gender

Male

473

51.64

19,231,738

53.1 (47.9, 58.2)

85

25.7

3,087,855

28.9 (21.8, 37.1)

Female

443

48.36

17,016,244

46.9 (41.9, 52.1)

246

74.3

7,605,446

71.1 (62.9, 78.2)

Patient race/ethnicity

White

694

75.8

30,532,293

84.2 (78.7, 88.6)

240

72.5

8,441,612

78.9 (70.1, 85.7)

Black

119

13.0

3,068,705

8.5 (5.4, 13.0)

47

14.2

1,397,124

13.1 (8.3, 20.0)

Other

103

11.2

2,646,984

7.3 (4.9, 10.7)

44

13.3

854,565

8.0 (4.0, 15.3)

Physician specialty

Pediatrician

660

72.1

27,449,990

75.7 (69.3, 81.2)

14

4.2

679,551

6.4 (2.7, 14.1)

Family practitioner

256

28.0

8,797,992

24.3 (18.8, 30.7)

317

95.8

10,013,750

93.7 (85.9, 97.3)

Visit setting

Private practice

686

74.9

34,641,012

95.6 (91.8, 97.7)

231

69.8

10,406,117

97.3 (94.8, 98.6)

CHC

230

25.1

1,606,970

4.4 (2.4, 8.2)

100

30.2

287,184

2.7 (1.4, 5.2)

  1. aUnweighted estimates reflect the absolute number of visits in the study sample.
  2. bWeighted estimates are sample visits weighted using NAMCS patient visit frequencies to develop national estimates.
  3. cCI = Confidence Interval.