Supply of Primary Care Physicians for All and Spanish-Speaking Patients in 13 Urban California Counties, 2001
| Number of Physician Equivalents | Number of Patients | Physician Equivalents/100,000 Patients | Number of Spanish-Speaking Physician Equivalents | Number of Spanish-Speaking Patients | Spanish-Speaking Physician Equivalents/100,000 Spanish-Speaking Patients | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 18,469 | 26,410,765 | 70 | 4,802 | 3,285,237 | 146 |
| Medicaid Population | 2,142 | 4,637,316 | 46 | 605 | 1,266,041 | 48 |
| Uninsured Population | 536 | 3,569,883 | 15 | 314 | 919,866 | 34 |
Number of Medicaid physician equivalents = mean percentage of Medicaid patients in practice × total supply of physicians; number of Uninsured physician equivalents = mean percentage of uninsured patients in practice × total supply of physicians; number of Spanish-speaking Medicaid physician equivalents = mean percentage of Medicaid patients in practice of Spanish-speaking physicians × supply of Spanish-speaking physicians; number of Spanish-speaking uninsured physician equivalents = mean percentage of uninsured patients in practice of Spanish-speaking physicians × supply of Spanish-speaking physicians.