Table 4. Office-based Medical Provider Services - Percent of persons with an office-based visit expense, mean expense per person with an expense, and percent of total paid out of pocket, United States, 2004 (29 statesa are shown separately)

  Unweighted sample size
State All persons Persons with an expense Population (1,000s)b Percent with an expenseb   Mean per person with an expenseb   Percent of total paid out of pocketb  
 
United States 32,737 22,071 293,527 71.3 1,046 15.9
 
California 4,823 2,824 36,080 65.4 1,066 18.5
Texas 3,988 2,430 22,423 64.0 906 16.9
New York 1,878 1,341 19,327 71.8 921 12.7
Florida 1,666 1,089 17,486 70.3 968 19.5
Illinois 1,350 900 12,700 71.1 1,050 15.1
Pennsylvania 1,038 767 12,363 75.5 829 15.9
Ohio 1,015 743 11,342 72.8 863 16.4
Michigan 1,052 762 10,068 73.9 1,251 12.4
New Jersey 814 601 8,921 74.8 1,052 11.9
Georgia 1,041 648 8,705 65.4 1,273 14.8
North Carolina 1,037 717 8,401 69.6 955 20.1
Virginia 645 488 7,393 77.5 987 18.0
Massachusetts 368 288 6,399 76.8 1,246 8.9
Indiana 353 253 6,176 74.2 858 20.0
Washington 673 519 6,171 78.3 1,251 14.5
Tennessee 582 411 5,936 71.4 945 12.5
Arizona 913 583 5,884 68.9 1,023 19.5
Missouri 555 401 5,711 73.6 871 17.8
Maryland 660 477 5,597 76.6 1,161 17.8
Wisconsin 586 452 5,465 79.2 1,291 9.8
Minnesota 514 388 5,116 75.0 834 14.8
Colorado 357 249 4,532 70.6 1,437 14.6
Alabama 485 314 4,507 64.3 1,049 14.0
Louisiana 461 300 4,454 69.2 853 13.9
South Carolina 391 284 4,159 72.5 841 19.8
Kentucky 591 426 4,132 72.5 931 15.5
Oregon 500 350 3,625 71.9 1,258 15.3
Connecticut 472 358 3,581 80.4 1,339 15.9
Oklahoma 335 235 3,436 64.7 1,278 * 9.5 *



Standard errors for Office-based Provider Services - Percent of persons with an office-based visit expense, mean expense per person with an expense, and percent of total paid out of pocket, United States, 2004 (29 statesa are shown separately)

  Unweighted sample size
State All persons Persons with an expense Population (1,000s)b Percent with an expenseb   Mean per person with an expenseb   Percent of total paid out of pocketb  
 
United States 32,737 22,071 293,527 0.4 27 0.5
 
California 4,823 2,824 36,080 1.1 62 0.8
Texas 3,988 2,430 22,423 1.5 108 1.2
New York 1,878 1,341 19,327 1.3 68 1.9
Florida 1,666 1,089 17,486 1.6 88 1.7
Illinois 1,350 900 12,700 1.3 141 2.3
Pennsylvania 1,038 767 12,363 2.0 64 2.5
Ohio 1,015 743 11,342 3.1 45 2.4
Michigan 1,052 762 10,068 1.5 240 2.4
New Jersey 814 601 8,921 2.8 53 1.8
Georgia 1,041 648 8,705 1.2 123 1.4
North Carolina 1,037 717 8,401 1.7 82 0.9
Virginia 645 488 7,393 2.8 127 4.3
Massachusetts 368 288 6,399 2.7 224 1.3
Indiana 353 253 6,176 2.7 128 5.3
Washington 673 519 6,171 1.2 148 1.7
Tennessee 582 411 5,936 0.8 90 1.2
Arizona 913 583 5,884 2.3 71 1.2
Missouri 555 401 5,711 2.7 51 2.8
Maryland 660 477 5,597 2.4 148 4.3
Wisconsin 586 452 5,465 1.8 76 1.2
Minnesota 514 388 5,116 3.4 91 0.8
Colorado 357 249 4,532 2.0 362 3.9
Alabama 485 314 4,507 3.2 116 2.0
Louisiana 461 300 4,454 3.4 180 2.5
South Carolina 391 284 4,159 1.5 70 1.7
Kentucky 591 426 4,132 1.8 91 3.1
Oregon 500 350 3,625 2.0 57 2.6
Connecticut 472 358 3,581 1.7 131 3.0
Oklahoma 335 235 3,436 4.6 391 * 5.6 *

* Relative standard error equal to or greater than 30%

aEstimates are provided for 29 states and are listed in order of state population size. Reliable estimates can not be produced for the other states due to insufficient sample in those states.

b"Population" and "Percent with an expense" columns are based on "All persons". "Mean per person with an expense" and "Percent of total paid out of pocket" columns are based on "Persons with an expense".

Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2004