Trends in Seeing an Obstetrician-Gynecologist Compared With a General Physician Among U.S. Women, 2000-2015
| Autor: | Sayeedha G Uddin, Alan E. Simon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health care provider Cross-sectional study MEDLINE Obstetrician gynecologist 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physicians Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Aged Quality of Health Care National health 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry General physician Obstetrics and Gynecology Middle Aged United States Obstetrics Cross-Sectional Studies Gynecology Family medicine Female business Family Practice |
| Zdroj: | Obstetrics and gynecology. 130(4) |
| ISSN: | 1873-233X |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To assess trends in the percentage of U.S. women who visit an obstetrician-gynecologist (ob-gyn) and the percentage who visit a general physician (general practitioner, family medicine, and internist). METHODS We used data from the 2000-2015 National Health Interview Surveys, cross-sectional nationally representative surveys, to identify the percentage of U.S. women who have visited an ob-gyn and the percentage who have visited a general physician during the preceding 12 months. Unadjusted percentages, and percentages adjusted for sociodemographic and health factors, were entered into joinpoint regressions to assess unadjusted and adjusted trends over time. RESULTS The adjusted percentage of U.S. women who saw a general physician during the preceding 12 months did not significantly change from 2000 to 2015, ranging from 70.1% in 2007 to 74.2% in 2003 (P>.05 for trend). However, although the adjusted percentage that saw an ob-gyn in the preceding 12 months did not change from 2000 to 2003 or 2007-2011 (P>.05), it declined from 45.0% to 41.2% between 2003 and 2007 and from 41.8% to 38.4% between 2011 and 2015 (P |
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