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Diagnoses -- Physician Office Profiles (POP) (1)

ICD-9: 493. Asthma (General comments: asthma)
(Note: Annual discharges fewer than 846,000 have a relative standard error of +/- 30%.)
 
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Primary Diagnoses (2):13,607,37912,822,92710,590,38113,871,5358,907,96410,564,209
All Listed Diagnoses (3):23,793,61920,166,24317,580,77222,236,34617,272,77518,929,020

Patient Characteristics/Payment Source
Gender Breakout (4)
Male:42.9%
Female:57.1%
Race Breakout (4)
White:59.4%
Black/African American:11.0%
Asian or Native Hawaiian:1.5%
American Indian:0.0%
Other:0.0%
Principal Expected Source of Payment (4)
Private Insurance:64.3%
Medicare:11.8%
Medicaid:22.2%
Worker's Compensation:0.0%
Self Pay:0.4%
No Charge:0.2%
Other:1.1%
Unknown:0.0%
Blank:0.0%
Ethnicity Breakout (4)
Hispanic:14.7%
Non Hispanic:57.8%
Blank:27.6%
Age Breakout (4)
0 years:0.2%
1 - 9 years:20.1%
10 - 19 years:15.9%
20 - 29 years:7.2%
30 - 39 years:10.4%
40 - 49 years:14.1%
50 - 59 years:9.5%
60 - 69 years:14.1%
70 - 79 years:6.6%
80 years or more:1.9%

Visit Characteristics
Geographic Region (4)
Northeast:24.0%
Midwest:24.0%
South:38.0%
West:15.0%
Day Of Visit (4)
Sunday:0.8%
Monday:17.3%
Tuesday:25.1%
Wednesday:18.1%
Thursday:22.8%
Friday:14.9%
Saturday:1.1%
Injury or Poisoning as Cause (4)
Yes:0.2%
No:99.8%
Length of Visit (4)
Average:21 minutes
How Many Visits in the Past Year (4)
None:14.0%
One To Two:35.0%
Three To Five:25.0%
Six or More:0.0%
Unknown:0.0%
Not Applicable:25.0%
Not Stated:0.0%

Office/Physician Characteristics
Type of Office Setting (4)
Free-Standing Private, Solo, or Office Group:89.0%
Free-Standing Clinic or Urgicenter:2.0%
Family Planning Clinic:0.0%
Federal Qualified Health Center:5.0%
Mental Health Center:0.0%
Non-Federal Government Clinic:4.0%
HMO or Other Prepaid Practice:0.0%
Faculty Practice Plan:1.0%
Other/Unknown:0.0%
Top Ten Physician
Specialties Reported (4)
Other Specialty:35.1%
Pediatrics:25.8%
General Practice:23.1%
Internal Medicine:15.2%
Cardiovascular Diseases:0.5%
Otolaryngology:0.2%
Neurology:0.2%
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N/A:%
N/A:%

Type of Provider Seen (4)
Register Nurse:35.8%
License Practical Nurse:%
Physician Assistant:3.2%
Nurse Practitioner:2.8%
Staff Physician:99.0%
Other Technician:%
Other Provider:12.2%
Not Specified:0.1%

Medications Provided
Medications Ordered
Or Provided (4)
Yes:87.4%
No:12.0%
Blank:0.6%
Number of Medications (4)
One:14.5%
Two:21.3%
Three:18.8%
Four:10.9%
Five:5.8%
Six:2.9%
Seven:5.6%
Eight:8.0%
None:13.0%
Top 10 Medications Based on Visit
Where a Medication is Prescribed (4)
ALBUTEROL :31.4%
SINGULAIR :21.6%
ADVAIR :16.5%
PREDNISONE :11.3%
XOPENEX :8.4%
PROAIR HFA :6.4%
NASONEX :5.8%
LISINOPRIL :5.6%
FLOVENT :5.5%
PROTONIX :5.5%

Diagnostic/Screening Services Provided (4)
General Exam:%
Other Exam:%
Electrocardiogram:0.7%
Urinalysis:2.9%
Pregnancy Test:0.0%
Pap Smear:0.0%
Mammogram:1.5%
Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test:0.6%
Blood Pressure:66.7%
Complete Blood Count:5.7%
Hematocrit:%
Other Blood Count:6.0%
Cholesterol:4.7%
X-Ray:6.8%
Other Diagnostic Imaging:0.4%
Cervical/Urethral Culture:%
Stool Culture:%
Throat Culture:%
Urine Culture:%

Disposition (4)
No Follow-up Planned:%
Returned if Needed:%
Referred to Other Physician:10.4%
Admitted to Hospital:1.4%
Return At Specified Time:68.0%
Telephone Follow-up:%
Not Specified:2.5%
Other:24.6%

1 Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) 2009.
2 Number of patients visits with this as the primary diagnosis.
3 All patients visits with this diagnosis (whether it was the primary or an ancillary diagnosis).
4 Based on primary diagnosis.