Table I.F.18 Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that had a copayment for an office visit to a specialist physician by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2017
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 58.7%    69.7%    73.0%    71.7%    67.1%    50.8%    71.8%    56.4%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 60.1%    43.6%    --    78.4%    53.9%    62.8%    57.2%    60.7%   
Mining and manufacturing 61.2%    73.5%    84.0%    73.8%    68.2%    53.7%    76.9%    59.6%   
Construction 68.4%    68.1%    75.1%    66.6%    73.9%    54.4%    73.8%    64.8%   
Utilities and transp. 42.2%    67.7%    50.4%    70.7%    66.1%    33.8%    59.2%    40.7%   
Wholesale trade 59.1%    71.0%    77.6%    65.3%    67.2%    48.5%    72.4%    55.6%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 47.9%    73.5%    69.1%    71.2%    62.8%    40.8%    71.8%    45.7%   
Retail trade 54.8%    72.7%    70.3%    71.8%    62.4%    45.6%    71.8%    51.7%   
Professional services 62.9%    67.4%    71.7%    71.4%    68.1%    58.1%    70.0%    61.7%   
Other services 63.8%    70.7%    72.6%    76.5%    67.3%    57.8%    73.0%    61.7%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 55.5%    69.2%    73.5%    69.6%    65.4%    47.0%    71.4%    52.8%   
For profit, unincorporated 64.5%    71.2%    70.9%    75.9%    70.4%    55.3%    72.8%    62.2%   
Nonprofit 68.7%    69.2%    72.3%    77.7%    70.0%    66.2%    72.6%    68.2%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 75.4%    69.8%    80.3%    73.8%    79.4%    68.8%    73.5%    77.2%   
5-9 years 71.7%    72.9%    79.8%    70.2%    73.1%    61.4%    75.1%    69.4%   
10-19 years 69.1%    66.0%    72.4%    73.6%    66.3%    67.5%    70.8%    68.3%   
20 or more years 55.9%    70.9%    70.1%    70.8%    65.9%    50.0%    71.1%    54.3%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 53.7%    73.1%    74.8%    71.8%    64.0%    50.5%    71.4%    53.4%   
1 location only 71.1%    69.6%    72.8%    71.6%    71.1%    66.4%    71.8%    70.5%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 59.8%    63.4%    77.5%    67.1%    75.0%    47.8%    67.4%    57.9%   
25-49 % 63.7%    56.6%    65.4%    72.4%    66.8%    60.4%    64.2%    63.6%   
50-74 % 60.7%    66.8%    71.5%    76.8%    67.3%    54.2%    72.3%    58.8%   
75% or more 58.3%    71.0%    73.4%    71.1%    66.9%    50.1%    72.2%    55.9%   
Union presence
No union employees 60.0%    70.0%    73.4%    72.4%    66.5%    51.1%    72.3%    57.4%   
Has union employees 53.5%    59.4%    62.0%    61.6%    71.8%    50.3%    60.6%    53.3%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 59.7%    67.9%    70.1%    72.5%    64.8%    54.0%    69.0%    58.5%   
Less than 50% low-wage 58.6%    69.8%    73.1%    71.6%    67.3%    50.5%    72.0%    56.2%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few 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.18 Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that had a copayment for an office visit to a specialist physician by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2017
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%    1.51%    1.60%    1.18%    1.16%    1.01%    0.88%    0.77%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 8.01%    10.54%    --    9.16%    14.77%    13.48%    8.33%    9.64%   
Mining and manufacturing 1.62%    5.57%    3.82%    2.99%    3.22%    2.32%    2.66%    1.76%   
Construction 2.26%    5.21%    4.56%    4.34%    4.44%    5.39%    2.71%    3.29%   
Utilities and transp. 2.94%    9.01%    11.11%    5.49%    5.48%    3.29%    5.53%    3.11%   
Wholesale trade 2.15%    5.22%    4.72%    4.66%    4.26%    3.35%    2.91%    2.58%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 2.50%    4.63%    5.55%    4.30%    3.82%    3.12%    2.92%    2.67%   
Retail trade 1.59%    4.85%    5.64%    3.77%    3.91%    2.00%    2.90%    1.78%   
Professional services 1.10%    2.82%    2.94%    2.11%    1.87%    1.68%    1.66%    1.26%   
Other services 1.44%    3.34%    3.74%    2.51%    3.04%    2.24%    2.09%    1.70%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.83%    1.84%    1.86%    1.47%    1.53%    1.18%    1.07%    0.94%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.57%    3.30%    4.09%    2.65%    2.74%    2.88%    2.03%    1.94%   
Nonprofit 1.40%    4.77%    5.04%    2.60%    2.16%    2.13%    2.61%    1.52%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.14%    4.31%    4.76%    3.92%    3.79%    11.93%    2.70%    3.26%   
5-9 years 2.19%    3.82%    4.02%    4.14%    4.38%    7.44%    2.63%    3.26%   
10-19 years 1.50%    3.16%    3.16%    2.51%    3.14%    3.78%    1.82%    2.05%   
20 or more years 0.78%    2.17%    2.27%    1.51%    1.35%    1.05%    1.21%    0.85%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.86%    11.01%    5.91%    2.24%    1.41%    1.03%    2.75%    0.87%   
1 location only 0.88%    1.53%    1.66%    1.39%    1.95%    5.71%    0.93%    1.45%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.77%    9.02%    6.04%    5.30%    5.17%    3.94%    5.36%    3.18%   
25-49 % 1.96%    7.23%    6.23%    4.35%    4.22%    2.87%    3.67%    2.22%   
50-74 % 1.67%    4.18%    4.97%    2.57%    3.42%    2.40%    2.46%    1.89%   
75% or more 0.76%    1.69%    1.77%    1.34%    1.30%    1.14%    0.99%    0.87%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.74%    1.53%    1.61%    1.18%    1.24%    1.21%    0.89%    0.87%   
Has union employees 1.64%    9.89%    10.16%    6.04%    3.36%    1.85%    5.39%    1.68%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.46%    5.42%    5.19%    3.06%    3.10%    1.96%    3.26%    1.58%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.74%    1.58%    1.67%    1.27%    1.25%    1.11%    0.92%    0.85%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few 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.