Table 19. Utilization of outpatient health services by health status. All project sites. Fiscal year 2010.
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| Type of service | All persons | Persons with diabetes | Persons with CVD | Persons with both diabetes and CVD |
Persons with CVD but not diabetes |
Persons with either diabetes or CVD |
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| No. of visitsa | Avg. No. of visits per person | No. of visitsa | Avg. No. of visits per person | No. of visitsa | Avg. No. of visits per person | No. of visitsa | Avg. No. of visits per person | No. of visitsa | Avg. No. of visits per person | No. of visitsa | Avg. No. of visits per person | |
| Indian Health Service/Tribal providers | ||||||||||||
| Emergency department | 211,841 | 0.5 | 39,348 | 0.9 | 36,413 | 1.2 | 18,387 | 1.3 | 18,026 | 1.0 | 57,374 | 0.9 |
| Urgent care | 146,921 | 0.3 | 23,424 | 0.5 | 17,081 | 0.5 | 7,634 | 0.6 | 9,447 | 0.5 | 32,871 | 0.5 |
| Primary/general | 1,133,918 | 2.6 | 209,224 | 4.8 | 174,707 | 5.5 | 78,071 | 5.7 | 96,636 | 5.5 | 305,860 | 5.0 |
| Diabetes clinic | 44,945 | 0.1 | 44,164 | 1.0 | 18,816 | 0.6 | 18,661 | 1.4 | 155 | 0.0 | 44,319 | 0.7 |
| Specialty | 116,583 | 0.3 | 31,016 | 0.7 | 33,718 | 1.1 | 16,019 | 1.2 | 17,699 | 1.0 | 48,715 | 0.8 |
| Endocrinology | 1,881 | 0.0 | 774 | 0.0 | 493 | 0.0 | 296 | 0.0 | 197 | 0.0 | 971 | 0.0 |
| Cardiology | 9,272 | 0.0 | 3,246 | 0.1 | 7,002 | 0.2 | 2,693 | 0.2 | 4,309 | 0.2 | 7,555 | 0.1 |
| Nephrology | 2,369 | 0.0 | 1,791 | 0.0 | 2,040 | 0.1 | 1,615 | 0.1 | 425 | 0.0 | 2,216 | 0.0 |
| Other specialty services b | 103,061 | 0.2 | 25,205 | 0.6 | 24,183 | 0.8 | 11,415 | 0.8 | 12,768 | 0.7 | 37,973 | 0.6 |
| Dental | 278,301 | 0.6 | 41,508 | 0.9 | 25,040 | 0.8 | 12,297 | 0.9 | 12,743 | 0.7 | 54,251 | 0.9 |
| Eye carec | 125,851 | 0.3 | 40,810 | 0.9 | 24,301 | 0.8 | 15,334 | 1.1 | 8,967 | 0.5 | 49,777 | 0.8 |
| Podiatry/diabetes foot clinic | 8,136 | 0.0 | 8,038 | 0.2 | 4,536 | 0.1 | 4,518 | 0.3 | 18 | 0.0 | 8,056 | 0.1 |
| Education/case management | 83,438 | 0.2 | 50,611 | 1.2 | 28,589 | 0.9 | 20,866 | 1.5 | 7,723 | 0.4 | 58,334 | 0.9 |
| Behavioral health | 99,243 | 0.2 | 13,517 | 0.3 | 9,479 | 0.3 | 3,753 | 0.3 | 5,726 | 0.3 | 19,243 | 0.3 |
| Physical therapy | 46,603 | 0.1 | 15,561 | 0.4 | 12,791 | 0.4 | 7,442 | 0.5 | 5,349 | 0.3 | 20,910 | 0.3 |
| Other rehabilitation services | 7,797 | 0.0 | 2,306 | 0.1 | 2,191 | 0.1 | 1,251 | 0.1 | 940 | 0.1 | 3,246 | 0.1 |
| Home | 33,506 | 0.1 | 16,393 | 0.4 | 13,214 | 0.4 | 10,739 | 0.8 | 2,475 | 0.1 | 18,868 | 0.3 |
| Public health nursing | 16,970 | 0.0 | 3,036 | 0.1 | 2,105 | 0.1 | 1,175 | 0.1 | 930 | 0.1 | 3,966 | 0.1 |
| Other office visits | 39,153 | 0.1 | 8,611 | 0.2 | 7,152 | 0.2 | 4,098 | 0.3 | 3,054 | 0.2 | 11,665 | 0.2 |
| Prescriptions (number)d | 5,460,987 | 13.5 | 2,332,271 | 57.4 | 1,705,906 | 57.7 | 1,030,814 | 80.0 | 675,092 | 40.4 | 3,007,363 | 52.4 |
| Contract Health Services | ||||||||||||
| All outpatient services e | 67,491 | 0.2 | 28,672 | 0.7 | 28,986 | 0.9 | 18,682 | 1.4 | 10,304 | 0.6 | 38,976 | 0.6 |
a The number of visits during fiscal year 2010 is the number of clinic visits, not the number of visits to a facility.
b These visits include Otolaryngology, Surgical, Orthopedic, Day Surgery, Urology, Rheumatology, Neurology, and Gastroenterology-Hematology services.
c These visits include Optometry, Ophthalmology, Diabetic Retinopathy and Retinopathy services.
d The number of prescriptions is the annual number of dispensed prescriptions for medications and supplies. It is not the number of visits to the pharmacy. The number of prescriptions and the number of prescriptions per person are based on active users in 12 project sites.
e All contracted outpatient services include dental services.
CVD: Cardiovascular disease; FY: Fiscal year
