Annualized percentage of patients who visited a PCP or nephrologist, according to Cr categorya
Cr Category | Annualized Percentage | |
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PCPb | Nephrologist | |
aSee text for explanation. PCP, primary care physician. | ||
bThe type of provider was assessed on the basis of specialty-specific location-of-service codes used by the health maintenance organization. | ||
All (n = 1658) | 0.88 | 0.22 |
<2.0 mg/dl (n = 1203) | 0.93 | 0.12 |
2.0 to 2.9 mg/dl (n = 289) | 0.86 | 0.31 |
3.0 to 3.9 mg/dl (n = 53) | 0.82 | 0.72 |
≥4.0 mg/dl (n = 113) | 0.50 | 0.80 |