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Expenses for Office-Based Physician Visits by Specialty and Insurance Type, 2016 |
Description: |
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This Statistical Brief provides descriptive statistics for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population illustrating variation in both total payments (expenses) and out-of-pocket payments per office-based physician visit across selected specialty types in 2016. In addition, variation within specialty type by insurance coverage is also presented. Estimates are shown for the eight physician specialties with the highest number of visits in an office-based setting and a ninth catchall category that encompasses all other physician specialty types. |
Author(s): |
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Steven R. Machlin, MS and Emily M. Mitchell, PhD |
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Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |