Table 2. Frequency of OTC use relative to total medication and product use for visits to dermatologists, by gender, race, ethnicity, age, and payer type: NAMCS, 1989-2008
|
Characteristic |
Estimated |
OTCs as % of total medication and product use |
|
Gender |
|
|
|
Female |
75,400,000 |
16.2 |
|
Male |
50,700,000 |
16.3 |
|
Race |
|
|
|
White |
107,000,000 |
16.3 |
|
Black |
9,030,000 |
19.4 |
|
Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pac Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native |
5,490,000 |
18.1 |
|
Ethnicity |
|
|
|
Hispanic |
4,700,000 |
14.8 |
|
Non-Hispanic |
102,000,000 |
16.8 |
|
Age group, years |
|
|
|
0-9 |
5,730,000 |
23.4 |
|
10-19 |
21,200,000 |
16.6 |
|
20-29 |
15,500,000 |
16.9 |
|
30-39 |
16,800,000 |
16.3 |
|
40-49 |
17,200,000 |
16.7 |
|
50-59 |
13,300,000 |
13.5 |
|
60-69 |
14,000,000 |
15.1 |
|
70-79 |
13,500,000 |
16.0 |
|
80-89 |
7,740,000 |
17.0 |
|
≥90 |
1,250,000 |
18.3 |
|
Payer type |
|
|
|
Private insurance |
45,500,000 |
13.8 |
|
Medicare |
16,100,000 |
15.3 |
|
Medicaid |
1,760,000 |
13.2 |
|
Worker’s compensation |
156,000 |
24.3 |
|
Salf-pay |
5,730,000 |
15.0 |
|
No charge |
460,000 |
27.9 |
|
Other, unknown, blank |
4,190,000 |
15.4 |
OTC = over-the-counter
NAMCS = National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Rx = prescription