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Counseling Provided
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Yes
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No
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Patient or Visit Characteristic
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No.
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%
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No.
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%
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OR†
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95% CI
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Age, yr
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≤24
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8.6
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13.1
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57.6
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20.9
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0.68
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0.49
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-
|
0.94
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25–44
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13.8
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21.1
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69.5
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25.2
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0.92
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0.73
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-
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1.17
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45–64
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27.1
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41.5
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87.0
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31.5
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1.23
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1.02
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-
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1.49
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≥65
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15.9
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24.4
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61.9
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22.4
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1‡
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...
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Sex
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Female
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36.5
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55.8
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163.1
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59.1
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1‡
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...
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Male
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28.9
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44.2
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112.9
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40.9
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1.14
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0.99
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-
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1.31
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Race
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White
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53.8
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82.3
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242.4
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87.8
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1‡
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...
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Black
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7.9
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12.0
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25.4
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9.2
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1.35
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0.94
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-
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1.93
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Other
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3.7
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5.7
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8.2
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3.0
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1.71
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1.16
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-
|
2.52
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Ethnicity
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Non-Hispanic
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55.6
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85.1
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252.0
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91.3
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1‡
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...
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Hispanic
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9.8
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14.9
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24.0
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8.7
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1.79
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1.15
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-
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2.80
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Geographic region
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Northeast
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9.1
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13.8
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43.1
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15.6
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0.96
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0.56
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-
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1.64
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Midwest
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15.2
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23.2
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79.0
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28.6
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0.84
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0.54
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-
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1.29
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South
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25.0
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38.2
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95.5
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34.6
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1.10
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0.68
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-
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1.78
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West
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16.1
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24.7
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58.4
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21.1
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1‡
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...
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Residence in MSA
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Yes
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54.4
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83.3
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223.3
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80.9
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1‡
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...
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No
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10.9
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16.7
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52.6
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19.1
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0.92
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0.70
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-
|
1.19
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Episode of care
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Initial visit
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13.5
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20.6
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118.1
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42.8
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1‡
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...
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Follow-up visit
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35.6
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54.5
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110.4
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40.0
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1.78
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1.43
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2.22
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Unknown
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16.2
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24.8
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47.5
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17.2
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1.29
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0.82
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2.01
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Major reason for visit
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Acute problem
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16.8
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25.7
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140.0
|
50.7
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1‡
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Chronic problem
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32.1
|
49.1
|
93.1
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33.7
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1.94
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1.53
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-
|
2.47
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Preventive care
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13.8
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21.1
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35.2
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12.8
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3.04
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1.92
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-
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4.81
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Other/unknown
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2.7
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4.1
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7.8
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2.8
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2.10
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1.01
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-
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4.34
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Provider type
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Allopathic physician
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55.0
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84.2
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221.4
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80.2
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1‡
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Osteopathic physician
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10.3
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15.8
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54.7
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19.8
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0.79
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0.50
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-
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1.25
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- *Derived from the 2003 and 2004 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey using population estimates based on patient visit weights. CI denotes confidence interval; MSA, metropolitan statistical area; OR, odds ratio.
- †ORs are for provision of diet or nutrition counseling, and are adjusted for the other patient or visit characteristics in the table.
- ‡Reference category for OR.
