Table 153a: Race - Outpatient visits where physician spent more than 30 minutes with patient, by race, United States, 1999-2000^a

	Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	18.5	0.8	18.4	0.8	19.6	1.6	15.9	2.8	17.5	3.5
Age
0-17	12.3	1.1	12.1	1.1	14.3	2.1	9.6	2.4	*	*
18-44	20.0	1.0	19.9	1.0	21.3	2.2	17.3	3.1	*	*
45-64	21.6	0.9	21.7	0.9	22.7	2.1	16.4	3.5	*	*
65 and over	18.2	0.9	18.1	0.9	19.6	2.1	19.6	5.3	*	*
Gender
Male	18.2	0.8	18.3	0.8	18.9	1.8	14.5	3.4	20.1	4.3
Female	18.7	0.8	18.6	0.8	20.1	1.8	16.9	3.0	*	*
Payment source
Private	18.0	0.9	17.9	0.9	19.6	1.7	15.3	2.7	15.1	4.3
Medicare	18.2	0.9	18.2	0.9	19.7	2.1	14.1	2.9	*	*
Medicaid	16.1	1.3	15.0	1.1	19.4	3.2	*	*	*	*
Uninsured	27.0	1.9	27.9	2.1	22.0	3.2	21.5	4.3	*	*
Residence location
Urban (MSA)	19.2	0.9	19.2	0.9	20.7	1.6	16.0	2.9	19.8	4.6
Rural (Non-MSA)	14.8	1.7	15.0	1.8	*	*	*	*	*	*

^aThe NAMCS/NHAMCS question is "Time spent with physician in minutes?" Recoded to 30 or more minutes or less than 30 minutes.

*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

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