Table 1. Characteristics of Preventive Gynecologic Visits to Primary Care Physicians and Obstetrician-Gynecologists, 1999 to 2008 (n = 7882)
Patient CharacteristicsProportion of Visits (%)P Value
Primary Care Physicians* (n = 1479)Obstetrician-Gynecologists (n = 6403)
Age, years
    18–2920.321.7<.05
    30–4430.936.6
    45–6945.137.5
    >693.74.3
Race
    White84.785.1.94
    Black11.911.3
    Asian and other3.43.6
Ethnicity
    Latino12.611.2.53
Health insurance
    Private73.481.8<.001
    Medicare7.06.7
    Medicaid7.65.6
    Other†12.05.9
Geographic region
    Northeast19.522.0<.001
    Midwest30.420.0
    South26.640.4
    West23.517.6
Geographic entity
    Not a metropolitan statistical area15.47.9<.05
Visit occurred with primary care physician
    Yes89.714.9<.001
    No6.679.3
    Unknown3.75.8

  • ↵* Includes family medicine (67%), internal medicine (21%), and general medicine clinic (12%).

  • ↵† Includes self-pay (36%), charity (24%), not specified (24%), unknown (15%), and worker's compensation (<1%).