Supply of Specialist 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 | 9,910 | 26,410,765 | 37 | 2,180 | 3,285,237 | 66 |
| Medicaid Population | 961 | 4,637,316 | 21 | 369 | 1,266,041 | 29 |
| Uninsured Population | 218 | 3,569,883 | 6 | 34 | 919,866 | 4 |
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.