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, 2005 (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 32,320 21,724 296,185 71.3 1,071 16.7
 
California 4,841 2,805 36,226 63.7 990 16.6
Texas 3,790 2,319 23,010 65.8 980 18.9
New York 1,853 1,362 19,205 74.3 978 13.0
Florida 1,638 1,068 17,986 68.8 1,139 17.0
Illinois 1,325 910 12,726 71.1 1,012 18.6
Pennsylvania 1,003 770 12,433 75.4 836 14.5
Ohio 1,007 755 11,480 73.8 956 15.7
Michigan 999 734 10,109 76.4 1,142 13.3
Georgia 918 559 9,137 65.6 1,029 14.2
New Jersey 765 560 8,798 73.5 1,120 15.9
North Carolina 1,010 689 8,559 69.8 891 19.0
Virginia 640 472 7,397 77.2 924 22.8
Massachusetts 353 279 6,347 80.0 1,068 14.2
Washington 778 548 6,248 71.2 2,031 13.0 *
Indiana 324 202 6,188 64.7 1,286 10.3
Arizona 940 591 6,074 69.3 1,649 14.2
Tennessee 569 369 5,898 71.8 791 14.5
Missouri 564 408 5,757 74.6 1,231 17.9
Maryland 660 474 5,590 74.3 1,062 20.9
Wisconsin 581 428 5,562 75.0 1,522 17.0
Minnesota 498 385 5,149 77.0 1,218 13.6
Colorado 380 256 4,601 72.2 1,297 17.7
Alabama 478 326 4,559 68.7 1,102 9.7
South Carolina 360 263 4,224 75.5 766 23.5
Louisiana 472 326 4,200 69.0 769 15.3
Kentucky 569 439 4,113 77.6 1,008 16.4
Oregon 540 385 3,744 70.6 1,347 17.3
Connecticut 462 315 3,567 72.6 937 18.7
Oklahoma 387 257 3,526 64.2 1,136 * 29.1



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, 2005 (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 32,320 21,724 296,185 0.5 31 0.6
 
California 4,841 2,805 36,226 1.0 73 1.1
Texas 3,790 2,319 23,010 1.8 75 1.0
New York 1,853 1,362 19,205 1.4 83 1.1
Florida 1,638 1,068 17,986 1.7 47 2.1
Illinois 1,325 910 12,726 1.8 102 1.5
Pennsylvania 1,003 770 12,433 1.6 43 1.8
Ohio 1,007 755 11,480 1.8 70 1.9
Michigan 999 734 10,109 2.3 118 1.6
Georgia 918 559 9,137 1.7 104 1.0
New Jersey 765 560 8,798 2.8 87 3.1
North Carolina 1,010 689 8,559 3.6 56 2.4
Virginia 640 472 7,397 2.7 81 2.1
Massachusetts 353 279 6,347 1.4 212 3.1
Washington 778 548 6,248 1.5 186 4.0 *
Indiana 324 202 6,188 1.8 355 1.1
Arizona 940 591 6,074 3.5 447 3.8
Tennessee 569 369 5,898 1.6 78 2.0
Missouri 564 408 5,757 1.9 78 2.8
Maryland 660 474 5,590 1.4 138 4.9
Wisconsin 581 428 5,562 1.2 398 3.8
Minnesota 498 385 5,149 3.3 117 2.4
Colorado 380 256 4,601 1.7 353 1.7
Alabama 478 326 4,559 3.4 124 1.2
South Carolina 360 263 4,224 3.4 67 3.6
Louisiana 472 326 4,200 1.6 111 3.2
Kentucky 569 439 4,113 2.9 56 3.3
Oregon 540 385 3,744 3.4 282 2.2
Connecticut 462 315 3,567 1.7 93 5.4
Oklahoma 387 257 3,526 4.8 433 * 6.0

* 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, 2005