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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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0.9
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5.2
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65.3
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20.1
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0.34
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0.16
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-
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0.71
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25–44
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4.1
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24.3
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79.1
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24.4
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1.35
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0.91
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-
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2.02
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45–64
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8.5
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49.7
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105.8
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32.6
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1.75
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1.29
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-
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2.38
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≥65
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3.5
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20.8
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74.3
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22.9
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1‡
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...
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Sex
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Female
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10.2
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60.2
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189.5
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58.4
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1‡
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...
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Male
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6.8
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39.8
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135.0
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41.6
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0.90
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0.70
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-
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1.17
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Race
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White
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12.7
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74.9
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283.5
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87.4
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1‡
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...
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Black
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3.2
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18.8
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30.1
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9.3
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2.20
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1.46
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-
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3.30
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Other
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1.1
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6.3
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10.8
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3.3
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2.18
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1.26
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-
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3.77
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Ethnicity
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Non-Hispanic
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15.2
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89.6
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292.3
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90.1
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1‡
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...
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Hispanic
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1.8
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10.4
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32.0
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9.9
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1.10
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0.65
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-
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1.89
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Geographic region
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Northeast
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3.2
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19.0
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48.9
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15.1
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1.52
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0.83
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-
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2.79
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Midwest
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3.1
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18.0
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91.2
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28.1
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0.73
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0.40
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-
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1.34
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South
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7.2
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42.2
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113.2
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34.9
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1.29
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0.71
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-
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2.36
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West
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3.5
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20.8
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71.0
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21.9
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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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14.0
|
82.0
|
264.1
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81.4
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1‡
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...
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No
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3.1
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18.0
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60.5
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18.6
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1.06
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0.63
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-
|
1.80
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Episode of care
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Initial visit
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3.4
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20.3
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128.1
|
39.5
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1‡
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...
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Follow-up visit
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9.6
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56.0
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136.6
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42.1
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1.30
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0.92
|
-
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1.83
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Unknown
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4.0
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23.7
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59.6
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18.4
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0.61
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0.29
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-
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1.28
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Major reason for visit
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Acute problem
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3.7
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21.5
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153.1
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47.2
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1‡
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...
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Chronic problem
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9.0
|
53.2
|
116.1
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35.8
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2.47
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1.75
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-
|
3.49
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Preventive care
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3.7
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21.5
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45.4
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14.0
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6.39
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2.91
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-
|
14.05
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Other/unknown
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0.6
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3.8
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9.9
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3.0
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2.73
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1.19
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-
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6.27
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Provider type
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Allopathic physician
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13.9
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81.8
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262.8
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81.0
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1‡
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...
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Osteopathic physician
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3.1
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18.2
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61.8
|
19.0
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0.96
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0.58
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-
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1.58
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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 weight reduction counseling, and are adjusted for the other patient or visit characteristics in the table.
- ‡Reference category for OR.
