Exhibit 2.10. Minutes of Physician Time Spent with Patients in Hospital Outpatient Clinics (by Patient Characteristics and Insurance Status)

PARM Classification   Avg. Marginal Impact (deviation from average minutes)
Sex Age Race/Ethnicity Insurance
Male Female 0-17 18-34 35-54 55-64 65-74 75+ White AA Other FFS HMO None
General Primary Care

 

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General & family practice 24.06 -0.33 a -1.96 -0.54 0.80 1.21 1.01 -0.82 0.94 -0.98
General internal medicine 26.23 -1.25 a -1.48 -1.98 -2.56 -0.53 -0.00 -2.64 4.43 -1.53
Pediatrics 25.83 -1.14 a a a a a -0.89 -1.89 0.12 2.28
Medical Specialties          
IM subspecialties 26.85 -0.38 a -0.34 -0.15 1.22 -0.43 -1.36 -2.90 1.32 -1.81
Cardiovascular diseases 25.88 0.66 -2.06 4.18 0.95 2.87 0.31 -1.16 -1.98 -2.82 -4.47
Other medical specialties 25.28 -1.36 -3.98 -3.25 -1.28 1.75 2.50 1.76 0.013 1.06 1.21
Surgery          
General surgery 22.97 0.59 -2.50 -1.46 0.65 0.64 -2.80 -1.10 1.34 -0.97 -1.27
Obstetrics & gynecology 21.76 b -2.43 -3.04 -0.04 2.36 -1.24 0.98 -0.38 -0.11 0.81
Otolaryngology 17.10 1.00 -1.64 -1.12 1.64 1.89 4.23 2.38 0.20 0.69 -0.27
Orthopedic surgery 27.01 -2.36 b -3.90 1.27 2.98 -1.56 0.31 -0.34 -2.17 -4.96
Urology 22.54 2.33 -3.73 -4.92 -4.26 -0.72 0.92 0.94 1.30 -1.04 1.01
Ophthalmology 24.21 0.48 -2.38 1.47 -0.70 4.48 7.05 2.25 -3.13 -4.15 -5.79
Other surgical specialties 24.67 -0.28 1.34 -2.51 -1.48 1.61 3.53 0.18 -1.58 3.49 1.51
Other Patient Care          
Psychiatry 27.06 -0.04 2.68 2.05 0.07 1.37 4.08 1.47 -2.04 2.77 -0.78
Other specialties 23.32 0.80 b -2.44 -1.12 -3.12 -2.21 3.65 -6.32 -2.99 -7.19

Source: Analysis of the 1997, 1998, and 1999 NHAMCS.