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Table 6 National estimates of tobacco use or exposure counseling during general and family medicine patient visits (in millions).*

From: A comparison of patient visits to osteopathic and allopathic general and family medicine physicians: results from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2003–2004

 

Counseling Provided

    
 

Yes

No

    

Patient or Visit Characteristic

No.

%

No.

%

OR†

95% CI

Age, yr

        

   ≤24

1.3

9.8

64.9

19.8

0.85

0.45

-

1.59

   25–44

4.2

30.4

79.1

24.1

2.31

1.40

-

3.82

   45–64

6.4

46.3

107.8

32.9

2.44

1.51

-

3.93

   ≥65

1.9

13.5

76.0

23.2

1‡

 

...

 

Sex

        

   Female

7.0

50.8

192.7

58.8

1‡

 

...

 

   Male

6.8

49.2

135.0

41.2

1.39

1.08

-

1.79

Race

        

   White

11.8

86.2

284.4

86.8

1‡

 

...

 

   Black

1.6

11.7

31.7

9.7

1.07

0.56

-

2.03

   Other

0.3

2.1

11.6

3.5

0.71

0.37

-

1.37

Ethnicity

        

   Non-Hispanic

13.1

95.7

294.6

89.9

1‡

 

...

 

   Hispanic

0.6

4.3

33.2

10.1

0.44

0.21

-

0.93

Geographic region

        

   Northeast

2.1

15.4

50.1

15.3

1.23

0.64

-

2.36

   Midwest

4.3

31.1

90.0

27.5

1.37

0.83

-

2.27

   South

5.3

38.7

115.3

35.2

1.43

0.76

-

2.69

   West

2.0

14.8

72.5

22.1

1‡

 

...

 

Residence in MSA

        

   Yes

10.4

76.1

267.4

81.6

1‡

 

...

 

   No

3.3

23.9

60.2

18.4

1.34

0.78

-

2.31

Episode of care

        

   Initial visit

4.4

31.8

127.1

38.8

1‡

 

...

 

   Follow-up visit

5.9

42.7

140.2

42.8

1.15

0.76

-

1.73

   Unknown

3.5

25.6

60.2

18.4

2.49

1.39

-

4.45

Major reason for visit

        

   Acute problem

5.7

41.4

151.1

46.1

1‡

 

...

 

   Chronic problem

5.3

38.8

119.9

36.6

1.07

0.73

-

1.57

   Preventive care

2.5

17.9

46.6

14.2

0.65

0.36

-

1.19

   Other/unknown

0.3

1.9

10.3

3.1

0.56

0.19

-

1.63

Provider type

        

   Allopathic physician

10.9

79.8

265.4

81.0

1‡

 

...

 

   Osteopathic physician

2.8

20.2

62.1

19.0

1.09

0.63

-

1.88

  1. *Derived from the 2003 and 2004 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey using population estimates based on patient visit weights. CI denotes confidence interval; MSA, metropolitan statistical area; OR, odds ratio.
  2. †ORs are for provision of tobacco use or exposure counseling, and are adjusted for the other patient or visit characteristics in the table.
  3. ‡Reference category for OR.
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