viernes, 14 de agosto de 2015

QuickStats: Percentage* of Office-Based Primary Care Physicians Not Accepting New Patients, by Source of Payment — United States, 2013

QuickStats: Percentage* of Office-Based Primary Care Physicians Not Accepting New Patients, by Source of Payment — United States, 2013



MMWR Logo
MMWR Weekly
Vol. 64, No. 31
August 14, 2015
PDF of this issue


QuickStats: Percentage* of Office-Based Primary Care Physicians Not Accepting New Patients, by Source of Payment — United States, 2013

Weekly

August 14, 2015 / 64(31);862

The figure above is a bar chart showing that, in 2013, overall, 8.4% of primary care physicians reported that they did not accept new patients. However, acceptance varied by the patient's expected payment source: 35% of physicians did not accept new Medicaid patients, 27.7% did not accept new Medicare patients, and 19.3% did not accept new privately insured patients.

* With 95% confidence intervals.
In 2013, overall, 8.4% of primary care physicians reported that they did not accept new patients. However, acceptance varied by the patient's expected payment source: 35% of physicians did not accept new Medicaid patients, 27.7% did not accept new Medicare patients, and 19.3% did not accept new privately insured patients.
Source: National Electronic Health Records Survey data, available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/ahcd_questionnaires.htm.
Reported by: Esther Hing, MPH, ehing@cdc.gov, 301-458-4271; Sandra Decker, PhD; Eric Jamoom, PhD.
Alternate Text: The figure above is a bar chart showing that, in 2013, overall, 8.4% of primary care physicians reported that they did not accept new patients. However, acceptance varied by the patient's expected payment source: 35% of physicians did not accept new Medicaid patients, 27.7% did not accept new Medicare patients, and 19.3% did not accept new privately insured patients.

No hay comentarios:

Publicar un comentario