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Medical Cost and Utilization by Provider Type in Claims with Provider Involvement,
2007/2008 Claims with More Than 7 Days of Lost Time (15-state median)

Measures	Physicians	Chiropractors	Physical/ Occupational Therapists	Hospitals	Other Nonhospital Providers
Percent of payments	35.2%	1.1%	8.9%	46.2%	5.6%
Average medical cost per claim	$3,459	$1,091	$1,908	$6,675	$948
Average number of visits per claim	10.4	12.5	15.3	6.1	5.3
Notes: 2007/2008 refers to claims arising in October 2006 through September 2007, evaluated as of March 2008. The 15-state median is the state ranked 8th on a given measure; that state changes depending on the measure being evaluated. States included are California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. A small percentage of payments are made to providers where the provider type is not known because of missing data. Payments to unclassified providers typically make up less than 3 percent of medical payments.

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