List of Non-Hematology Specialist by Type and Visit Frequency for Age 1 to 65+ (Sample N = 2045)
| Specialty Type | Frequency |
|---|---|
| Primary care visits | 6251 |
| Hematology specialty visits | 2792 |
| Non-hematology specialty visits | 8827 |
| Acute care* | 2743 |
| Physician assistant (unidentified specialty or family practice) | 1477 |
| Nurse practitioner (unidentified specialty or family practice) | 1144 |
| Unidentifiable (null)† | 458 |
| Obstetrician/gynecologist | 383 |
| Other specialty visits‡ | 377 |
| Orthopedic medicine | 295 |
| Ophthalmology/optometry | 282 |
| Surgery | 235 |
| Cardiology | 191 |
| Neurology | 178 |
| Pulmonary | 174 |
| Oncology | 161 |
| Nephrology | 122 |
| Otolaryngology | 116 |
| Anesthesiology | 103 |
| Gastroenterology | 96 |
| Physical and rehabilitation medicine | 91 |
| Foot & ankle surgery/podiatric medicine | 87 |
| Urology | 82 |
| Psychology | 32 |
↵* Acute care visit—a visit that occurred in an out-patient acute setting.
↵† Unidentifiable (Null) category includes office visits with a billing provider code for “multi-specialty” or “single specialty” with no rendering provider information.
↵‡ Other specialty visits include outpatient visits not historically linked to SCD care or a frequency of visits within the specialty category ≤ 1% of the total number of specialty visits. Excludes SCD and general NP or PA visits. Includes addiction medicine, allergy and immunology, anatomic pathology, critical care medicine, dermatology, development behavior, diagnostic radiology, endocrinology, geriatric medicine, infectious disease, special hospital, neonatal-perinatal medicine, neuro-development, rheumatology, sleep medicine, sports medicine, vascular and interventional.