Tracking Report No. 8

Supplementary Table 1
Average Number of Visits Reported Per Person Per Year and Percent of Patients with Any Visit During the Year, by Type of Practitioner

Note: The proportion of Americans who saw a physician or nurse practitioner at least once during the year grew slightly between 1997 and 2001. The average number of doctor and nurse practitioner visits per person remained unchanged.

Average number of visits per year
	1996-97	1998-99	2000-01
Doctor Visit	3.7	3.7	3.8
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Visit	0.4	0.4	0.4
Doctor or NP Visit	4.2	4.1	4.2
Percent with any visit in year
Doctor Visit	76.9	77.9*	77.9#
NP Visit	12.0	12.8	15.0*#
Doctor or NP Visit	78.5	79.6*	79.8#

* Change from previous survey is statistically significant at p<.05.
# Change from 1997-2001 is statistically significant at p<.05.
Source: HSC Community Tracking Survey Household Survey

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Supplementary Table 1 Average Number of Visits Reported Per Person Per Year and Percent of Patients with Any Visit During the Year, by Type of Practitioner

Supplementary Table 1
Average Number of Visits Reported Per Person Per Year and Percent of Patients with Any Visit During the Year, by Type of Practitioner