Table 6 Resource utilization by physician specialty in the md population compared to the total member population
Pediatric MD | Adult MD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count per 1000 (%) | Fold Increase – MD/Total Member | Count per 1000 (%) | Fold Increase – MD/Total Member | ||
Pediatric | 5054 (24) | 5.4 | Internal Medicine | 2908 (15) | 4.4 |
General Practice | 1793 (9) | 5.3 | General Practice | 2018 (10) | 11.3 |
Neurology | 1352 (6) | 52.0 | Family Practice | 1814 (9) | 2.0 |
Gastroenterology | 1128 (5) | 61.0 | Neurology | 1379 (7) | 19.2 |
Physical Therapy | 796 (4) | 108.3 | Cardiology | 1117 (6) | 3.8 |
Family Practice | 787 (4) | 2.8 | Chiropractic | 691 (3) | 3.8 |
Surgery | 747 (4) | 8.2 | Gastroenterology | 580 (3) | 7.8 |
Multispecialty Clinic | 682 (3) | 20.7 | Pulmonary Disease | 553 (3) | 7.8 |
Cardiology | 548 (3) | 9.0 | Emergency Medicine | 412 (2) | 8.6 |
Pulmonary Disease | 480 (2) | 30.3 | Orthopedic Surgery | 424 (2) | 2.7 |
Emergency Medicine | 439 (2) | 20.4 | Allergy / Immunology | 386 (2) | 3.8 |
Intensivist | 357 (2) | 56.5 | Ophthalmology | 362 (2) | 2.8 |