Patterns of ambulatory care utilization in Taiwan

Table 5 Age-sex distribution of the beneficiaries by visit frequency in 2002

Patient groups	No. of persons	Sex			Age (year)
No. of visits in 2002 per person		Female	Male	Unknown	Mean	Median	25 percentile	75 percentile
> 52	3,557	1,880	1,677		54.4	63	43	73
27 – 52	20,412	11,610	8,802		42.8	46	19	64
13 – 26	49,041	27,801	21,240		35.5	35	17	51
5 – 12	59,747	30,145	29,601	1	31.7	30	18	44
1 – 4	35,581	14,364	21,216	1	32.2	30	20	43
0	14,136	4,647	9,486	3	35.8	35	24	46
Total	182,474	90,447	92,022	5	34.7	33	19	48

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