Table 5 Proportion of outpatient visits within last two weeks, 1993–2018
Proportion of outpatient visits within last two weeks (%) | Standardized proportion of outpatient visits within last two weeks (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | 2018 | 1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | 2018 | |
Urban | 19.9 | 16.2 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 23.0 | 24.4 | 18.2 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 19.4 |
Rural | 16.0 | 16.5 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 12.8 | 25.0 | 19.7 | 19.5 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 11.8 | 21.7 |
East | 21.4 | 17.6 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 26.1 | 22.5 | 19.1 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 14.3 | 21.9 |
Central | 14.7 | 16.0 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 9.9 | 22.1 | 16.8 | 17.9 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 9.0 | 18.9 |
West | 20.0 | 18.3 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 25.2 | 23.8 | 21.6 | 16.7 | 15.3 | 12.5 | 22.3 |
Northeast | 14.5 | 11.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 13.1 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 14.0 |
Highest income | 18.6 | 16.4 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 11.0 | 20.1 | 21.5 | 19.0 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 19.1 |
Higher income | 17.1 | 15.5 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 11.9 | 22.2 | 19.3 | 18.0 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 11.4 | 20.1 |
Lower income | 19.2 | 17.1 | 13.2 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 24.8 | 21.9 | 19.5 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 21.1 |
Lowest income | 19.9 | 19.7 | 14.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 30.1 | 21.3 | 20.4 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 22.5 |
Non-poverty | - | 19.2 | 14.6 | 16.9 | 15.7 | 29.0 | - | 19.9 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 21.3 |
Poverty | - | 23.1 | 16.6 | 17.0 | 19.4 | 34.4 | - | 23.8 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 27.1 |
All | 17.0 | 16.4 | 13.4 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 24.0 | 21.1 | 19.3 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 11.8 | 20.5 |