Statistics: Ambulatory Care

web and print Issued irregularly. Provides early release of data from the National Center for Health Statistics' health and demographic survey. Many releases followed by detailed reports in the Vital and Health Statistics series.HE 20.6209:16/ GovPub Stacks U.S.

web and print Present national estimates of provision and utilization of ambulatory medical care services provided by office-based physicians in the United States. Data based on National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMES). Provides data on use of ambulatory care services in terms of patient characteristics (age, sex and race); physician characteristics (specialty and professional status); and visit characteristics (patient''s principal reason for visit, physician''s principal diagnosis, checklist of medical conditions, injury-related visits, diagnostic and therapeutic service, etc.). Tables. HE 20.6209/3:315 GovPub Stacks U.S.