Men aged 60 and older (85%) are more likely than men aged 18-29 (63%) to have seen a primary care physician in the prior year. Older men (88%) are also more likely than their younger counterparts (70%) to say they have a designated primary care physician. Only a third of men aged 18-29 (32%) have had multiple appointments with a physician in the prior year. The most common reasons given by men who had not seen a doctor in the prior two years are that they did not need to and that they did not have health insurance.
A slight majority of men (52%) have had an appointment with a specialist physician in the prior two years, whereas 25% have never had an appointment with a specialist.
Source: “2010 Survey,” American Osteopathic Association, Nicole Grady, 142 E. Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611; 312-202-8000; ngracy@osteopathic.org; www.osteopathic.org. Price: Call for information.
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