Top Ten Providers of Medical Care in the Office Setting (Based on Number of Submitted Medicare Claims) for Medicare Beneficiaries–1998*
Type of provider | Frequency of Claims | Percentage of Claims |
---|---|---|
General internal medicine | 37,763 | 20.1 |
Family/general practice | 34,812 | 18.6 |
Cardiology | 11,327 | 6.0 |
Ophthalmology | 10,635 | 5.7 |
Urology | 7,389 | 3.9 |
Chiropractic | 7,286 | 3.9 |
Orthopedic surgery | 6,906 | 3.7 |
Podiatry | 6,644 | 3.5 |
Hematology/oncology | 6,102 | 3.3 |
Dermatology | 5,761 | 3.1 |
* Geriatric medicine was the 38th most common health care provider in the office setting submitting 0.20% of Medicare claims. A representative sample of 13,024 Medicare beneficiaries; total number of office-based claims was 187,619.