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, 2006 (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 32,577 22,127 299,267 71.6 1,142 16.3
 
California 5,051 2,985 36,379 62.9 1,023 15.8
Texas 3,648 2,223 23,340 66.0 1,026 18.6
New York 1,823 1,318 19,282 74.6 1,222 18.0
Florida 1,680 1,080 18,211 68.1 1,146 17.2
Illinois 1,255 907 12,701 74.8 1,122 17.4
Pennsylvania 956 768 12,566 78.9 956 14.2
Ohio 1,046 793 11,404 76.3 1,198 17.7
Michigan 1,027 762 10,004 74.7 1,393 10.0
Georgia 877 557 9,367 65.1 993 24.7
North Carolina 1,029 723 8,892 68.8 975 20.8
New Jersey 778 579 8,726 74.9 1,296 13.7
Virginia 628 459 7,501 75.8 1,001 18.8
Massachusetts 363 285 6,392 78.3 1,199 11.4
Indiana 366 232 6,360 66.6 1,302 12.3
Washington 828 655 6,336 78.5 1,529 20.8
Arizona 1,063 634 6,330 65.4 918 19.0
Tennessee 563 390 5,960 72.9 909 15.7
Missouri 562 422 5,887 74.0 1,530 * 10.8 *
Maryland 542 409 5,620 76.5 1,225 14.2
Wisconsin 646 478 5,487 75.6 1,497 11.2
Minnesota 564 433 5,211 76.8 1,226 13.4
Colorado 408 289 4,757 75.3 1,081 29.5
Alabama 399 282 4,595 70.3 1,486 12.0
South Carolina 449 287 4,326 69.1 1,021 20.8
Louisiana 476 313 4,244 69.5 765 15.7
Kentucky 613 450 4,184 76.1 1,075 12.2
Oregon 557 404 3,762 74.9 1,401 13.6
Oklahoma 427 265 3,535 66.5 932 20.4
Connecticut 472 337 3,498 73.6 1,372 12.7



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, 2006 (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 32,577 22,127 299,267 0.5 26 0.5
 
California 5,051 2,985 36,379 1.1 53 1.6
Texas 3,648 2,223 23,340 1.2 78 1.7
New York 1,823 1,318 19,282 1.8 88 3.0
Florida 1,680 1,080 18,211 1.0 92 1.5
Illinois 1,255 907 12,701 1.3 104 1.4
Pennsylvania 956 768 12,566 1.6 162 1.9
Ohio 1,046 793 11,404 1.7 110 1.5
Michigan 1,027 762 10,004 1.3 146 1.7
Georgia 877 557 9,367 2.1 92 5.5
North Carolina 1,029 723 8,892 2.9 111 5.8
New Jersey 778 579 8,726 1.7 143 1.1
Virginia 628 459 7,501 2.2 66 1.6
Massachusetts 363 285 6,392 2.1 174 2.0
Indiana 366 232 6,360 3.9 259 1.9
Washington 828 655 6,336 2.2 195 4.8
Arizona 1,063 634 6,330 3.4 67 0.9
Tennessee 563 390 5,960 2.4 90 2.0
Missouri 562 422 5,887 2.6 581 * 3.4 *
Maryland 542 409 5,620 1.0 176 2.9
Wisconsin 646 478 5,487 2.8 314 1.3
Minnesota 564 433 5,211 2.1 149 0.7
Colorado 408 289 4,757 3.4 131 6.6
Alabama 399 282 4,595 5.1 290 2.3
South Carolina 449 287 4,326 2.8 139 2.9
Louisiana 476 313 4,244 4.0 92 2.6
Kentucky 613 450 4,184 1.4 46 1.4
Oregon 557 404 3,762 2.6 210 2.0
Oklahoma 427 265 3,535 1.7 90 3.9
Connecticut 472 337 3,498 2.8 265 3.4

* 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, 2006