National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 1992 Summary Advance Data 253. In 1992, 762.0 million visits were made to nonfederally employed, office-based physicians in the United States, which represents about three visits per person. This rate is not significantly different from office visit rates observed since 1985. This report presents data highlights from the 1992 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), a national probability sample survey conducted by the Division of Health Care Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data Highlights: Females made 60.0 percent of all office visits during 1992. Females also had significantly higher visit rates than males in each age category with the exception of the youngest (under 15) and the two oldest groups (65-74 and 75 years and over). These patterns were also observed in the 1990 and 1991 NAMCS. In general, 6.3 percent of office visits in 1992 were made as a result of a referral from another physician, not significantly different from the 6.2 percent noted in 1991. There were an estimated 65.6 million injury-related office visits in 1992, representing 8.6 percent of all office visits. There were 50.0 million ambulatory surgical procedures reported as 6.1 percent of all office visits during 1992.
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