Table I.F.4(2004) Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that had a copayment for an office visit to a physician by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2004
 
Characteristics

Total

  

Less than 10 employees

  

10-24 employees

  

25-99 employees

  

100-999 employees

  

1000 or more employees

  

Less than 50 employees

  

50 or more employees

  
 
United States

77.3%

76.9%

80.3%

79.3%

81.1%

75.3%

78.5%

77.0%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

71.0%

.

.

.

.

.

57.1%

74.9%
Mining and manufacturing

74.2%

.

.

.

.

.

83.8%

72.9%
Construction

79.6%

.

.

.

.

.

77.5%

82.2%
Utilities and transp.

78.8%

.

.

.

.

.

77.4%

79.0%
Wholesale trade

75.3%

.

.

.

.

.

78.2%

74.2%
Fin. svs. and real estate

78.4%

.

.

.

.

.

79.8%

78.2%
Retail trade

72.2%

.

.

.

.

.

77.3%

70.9%
Professional services

79.7%

.

.

.

.

.

78.7%

79.9%
Other services

79.2%

.

.

.

.

.

77.2%

79.9%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

76.0%

.

.

.

.

.

78.0%

75.6%
For profit, unincorporated

83.1%

.

.

.

.

.

78.3%

84.9%
Nonprofit

79.4%

.

.

.

.

.

83.3%

78.9%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

84.6%

.

.

.

.

.

79.6%

93.1%
5-9 years

83.8%

.

.

.

.

.

81.3%

86.1%
10-19 years

80.9%

.

.

.

.

.

78.3%

83.3%
20 or more years

77.7%

.

.

.

.

.

78.2%

77.6%
Unknown

72.7%

.

.

.

.

.

40.3%

 *

72.9%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

75.9%

.

.

.

.

.

75.6%

75.9%
1 location only

80.6%

.

.

.

.

.

78.9%

83.0%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

72.6%

.

.

.

.

.

73.2%

72.5%
25-49 %

81.4%

.

.

.

.

.

75.6%

82.7%
50-74 %

78.4%

.

.

.

.

.

76.9%

78.8%
75% or more

77.1%

.

.

.

.

.

78.9%

76.6%
 
Union presence
No union employees

78.5%

.

.

.

.

.

79.5%

78.0%
Has union employees

73.3%

.

.

.

.

.

65.7%

73.9%
Unknown

77.4%

.

.

.

.

.

70.9%

77.5%
 
Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage

73.2%

.

.

.

.

.

75.9%

72.6%
Less than 50% low wage

78.2%

.

.

.

.

.

78.9%

78.0%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

 

Table I.F.4(2004) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that had a copayment for an office visit to a physician by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2004
 
Characteristics

Total

  

Less than 10 employees

  

10-24 employees

  

25-99 employees

  

100-999 employees

  

1000 or more employees

  

Less than 50 employees

  

50 or more employees

  
 
United States

0.68%

0.88%

1.18%

0.99%

0.94%

1.08%

0.87%

0.79%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

7.20%

.

.

.

.

.

7.12%

11.33%
Mining and manufacturing

2.20%

.

.

.

.

.

2.00%

2.43%
Construction

2.15%

.

.

.

.

.

2.67%

3.49%
Utilities and transp.

1.65%

.

.

.

.

.

6.00%

2.00%
Wholesale trade

1.86%

.

.

.

.

.

3.76%

3.02%
Fin. svs. and real estate

2.09%

.

.

.

.

.

2.18%

2.41%
Retail trade

1.87%

.

.

.

.

.

2.65%

2.01%
Professional services

0.97%

.

.

.

.

.

1.40%

0.94%
Other services

1.64%

.

.

.

.

.

1.39%

2.12%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.81%

.

.

.

.

.

0.83%

0.97%
For profit, unincorporated

1.46%

.

.

.

.

.

1.47%

1.68%
Nonprofit

1.30%

.

.

.

.

.

2.00%

1.57%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.88%

.

.

.

.

.

3.40%

2.81%
5-9 years

1.68%

.

.

.

.

.

2.16%

2.44%
10-19 years

0.95%

.

.

.

.

.

2.06%

2.02%
20 or more years

0.98%

.

.

.

.

.

1.47%

1.20%
Unknown

1.30%

.

.

.

.

.

14.50%

 *

1.29%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.82%

.

.

.

.

.

2.52%

0.83%
1 location only

0.84%

.

.

.

.

.

0.94%

1.31%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

3.57%

.

.

.

.

.

3.44%

4.72%
25-49 %

2.28%

.

.

.

.

.

4.34%

2.27%
50-74 %

1.13%

.

.

.

.

.

2.49%

1.25%
75% or more

0.78%

.

.

.

.

.

1.01%

0.94%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.57%

.

.

.

.

.

0.98%

0.75%
Has union employees

1.79%

.

.

.

.

.

3.10%

1.79%
Unknown

1.37%

.

.

.

.

.

6.17%

1.39%
 
Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage

1.58%

.

.

.

.

.

1.30%

1.92%
Less than 50% low wage

0.79%

.

.

.

.

.

1.03%

0.89%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.