Table I.F.4 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, 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 59.2%    69.8%    72.4%    71.0%    66.8%    51.9%    71.5%    57.0%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 55.5%    50.2%    --    78.4%    65.3%    38.4% * 62.5%    53.9%   
Mining and manufacturing 61.2%    69.4%    72.6%    72.8%    69.6%    54.1%    72.1%    60.1%   
Construction 68.8%    67.9%    77.8%    63.5%    76.6%    55.8%    74.3%    65.2%   
Utilities and transp. 44.0%    63.4%    53.3%    66.9%    67.0%    36.4%    57.5%    42.8%   
Wholesale trade 59.6%    75.8%    79.3%    66.5%    63.9%    49.9%    75.6%    55.3%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 47.5%    73.6%    65.9%    70.8%    63.8%    40.1%    71.4%    45.2%   
Retail trade 58.4%    74.5%    72.0%    71.8%    63.6%    51.2%    73.1%    55.8%   
Professional services 63.6%    67.1%    73.2%    70.0%    66.3%    60.2%    69.3%    62.7%   
Other services 62.9%    70.6%    68.8%    78.5%    65.2%    56.8%    72.9%    60.7%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 56.2%    69.3%    73.2%    68.9%    66.1%    47.9%    71.2%    53.5%   
For profit, unincorporated 65.2%    72.3%    68.9%    75.1%    68.7%    58.2%    72.5%    63.2%   
Nonprofit 68.2%    68.1%    72.2%    77.7%    67.5%    66.6%    72.1%    67.8%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 72.9%    68.0%    81.2%    74.1%    72.1%    66.7%    73.5%    72.4%   
5-9 years 73.7%    76.0%    79.5%    70.8%    77.2%    62.3%    75.3%    72.5%   
10-19 years 68.7%    69.3%    69.7%    73.8%    66.1%    65.4%    70.9%    67.7%   
20 or more years 56.5%    68.7%    70.2%    69.6%    65.6%    51.2%    70.5%    55.0%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 54.7%    73.1%    72.9%    70.7%    64.0%    51.7%    71.1%    54.3%   
1 location only 70.4%    69.7%    72.3%    71.2%    70.5%    60.2%    71.6%    69.4%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 58.8%    63.1%    68.8%    68.6%    70.8%    48.1%    66.1%    56.9%   
25-49 % 67.0%    61.1%    60.0%    73.4%    65.1%    67.7%    63.9%    67.6%   
50-74 % 61.0%    65.8%    75.2%    74.9%    66.6%    55.2%    72.2%    59.2%   
75% or more 58.6%    71.1%    72.8%    70.5%    66.8%    51.0%    71.9%    56.3%   
Union presence
No union employees 60.3%    70.2%    72.9%    71.7%    66.4%    51.9%    72.1%    57.7%   
Has union employees 54.7%    55.7%    61.8%    62.4%    69.7%    52.0%    58.7%    54.5%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 62.7%    66.6%    69.8%    73.0%    67.7%    58.1%    69.6%    61.9%   
Less than 50% low-wage 58.8%    70.0%    72.5%    70.8%    66.7%    51.2%    71.7%    56.4%   

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- 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.4 Standard errors 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, 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 0.72%    1.51%    1.63%    1.19%    1.17%    1.08%    0.89%    0.82%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 9.10%    10.87%    --    9.16%    14.58%    14.09% * 7.74%    10.85%   
Mining and manufacturing 1.68%    5.98%    5.86%    3.07%    3.19%    2.43%    3.06%    1.82%   
Construction 2.25%    5.18%    4.41%    4.39%    4.18%    5.41%    2.69%    3.28%   
Utilities and transp. 3.00%    9.13%    11.23%    5.80%    5.48%    3.48%    5.51%    3.20%   
Wholesale trade 2.17%    4.80%    4.61%    4.63%    4.59%    3.41%    2.77%    2.61%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 2.70%    4.49%    5.64%    4.35%    3.78%    3.20%    2.86%    2.85%   
Retail trade 1.66%    4.76%    5.49%    3.79%    3.85%    2.30%    2.83%    1.89%   
Professional services 1.09%    2.83%    2.84%    2.17%    1.89%    1.66%    1.66%    1.25%   
Other services 1.50%    3.33%    3.93%    2.39%    3.25%    2.30%    2.10%    1.77%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.89%    1.86%    1.88%    1.49%    1.53%    1.26%    1.07%    1.01%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.57%    3.16%    4.25%    2.73%    3.02%    2.79%    2.06%    1.93%   
Nonprofit 1.42%    4.74%    4.97%    2.61%    2.24%    2.14%    2.60%    1.54%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.52%    4.30%    4.55%    3.96%    5.91%    12.03%    2.69%    4.25%   
5-9 years 2.10%    3.71%    4.03%    4.15%    3.79%    7.36%    2.64%    3.07%   
10-19 years 1.56%    3.05%    3.24%    2.53%    3.14%    4.28%    1.82%    2.15%   
20 or more years 0.83%    2.22%    2.30%    1.54%    1.36%    1.12%    1.23%    0.90%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.92%    11.01%    6.14%    2.27%    1.42%    1.09%    2.72%    0.93%   
1 location only 0.91%    1.52%    1.69%    1.40%    1.97%    6.54%    0.94%    1.51%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.82%    9.03%    7.92%    5.56%    6.28%    3.91%    5.45%    3.23%   
25-49 % 1.94%    7.20%    6.64%    4.51%    4.32%    2.73%    3.79%    2.19%   
50-74 % 1.77%    4.24%    4.55%    2.60%    3.48%    2.57%    2.43%    2.01%   
75% or more 0.81%    1.68%    1.80%    1.36%    1.31%    1.21%    1.00%    0.93%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.80%    1.52%    1.64%    1.19%    1.25%    1.31%    0.90%    0.94%   
Has union employees 1.65%    10.09%    9.81%    6.14%    3.48%    1.87%    5.35%    1.69%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.47%    5.60%    5.22%    3.13%    3.00%    2.02%    3.26%    1.59%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.78%    1.57%    1.70%    1.29%    1.27%    1.18%    0.92%    0.90%   

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- 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.