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Selected U.S. National Research Findings
Below are selected national women's health research findings and facts related to health care, including ambulatory medical care, hospitalizations, medications, and other issues. This
information is selected text from articles or documents. Please view the source documents below each bulleted section to determine the exact
context.
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http://www.cdc.gov/women/az/hlthcare.htm
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Health Care: Ambulatory Medical Care |
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In 2002–03 visit rates to physician offices and hospital outpatient
departments among persons 18–44 years of age were twice as high for
women as for men, largely due to medical care associated with female
reproduction. This gender difference narrowed among middle-age adults
and disappeared among persons 65 years of age and over.
Source: Health, United States, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
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Patients in the United States made an estimated 1.1 billion visits per
year in 2001 and 2002 (annual average) to physician offices, hospital
outpatient departments, and emergency departments, a rate of 3.8 visits
per person annually.
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This marks the first time that the annual estimate of visits has
surpassed the billion mark and is also a significant increase from the
1999–2000 estimate.
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Females had higher visit rates than males to all settings except
office-based surgical specialists and emergency departments.
Source: Ambulatory Care Visits to Physician Offices,
Hospital Outpatient Departments, and Emergency Departments- United
States, 2001-02
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_13/sr13_159.pdf
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Females had higher hospital outpatient department (OPD) visit rates than
males (39.6 compared with 26.4 visits per 100 persons).
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Black or African American persons had higher OPD visit rates than white
persons (59.7 compared with 29.9 visits per 100 persons).
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey: 2003 Outpatient Department Survey
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad366.pdf
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• During 2003, an estimated 906.0 million visits were made to physician
offices in the United States, an overall rate of 317.3 visits per 100 persons.
• During 2003, females had a higher visit rate compared with males, and white persons had higher rates than black or
African-American persons.
• During 2003, the visit rate to physician offices in metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) (334.7 visits per 100 persons) was
significantly larger than the rate in non-MSAs (229.3 visits per 100 persons).
• During 2003, overall, 59.4 percent of visits were to physicians in the specialties of general and family practice, internal
medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology.
• During 2003, the rate of preventive care visits was higher for females than for males.
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2003 Summary
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad365.pdf
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• Nearly one-fifth
(4 million) of female discharges were for childbirth.
• One in four procedures performed on females were obstetrical, and
over 1 in 10 procedures were cardiovascular.
• Females had 1.2 million procedures for the repair of current
obstetric laceration, 1.1 million cesarean sections, 914,000
transfusions of blood or blood components, and 884,000 procedures for
artificial rupture of membranes while hospitalized.
• Females had more operations on the digestive system than males.
Source: National
Hospital Discharge Survey, 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad359.pdf
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• During 2003, an
estimated 113.9 million visits were made to hospital emergency
departments (EDs), about 38.9 visits per 100 persons.
• In 2003, abdominal pain, chest pain, fever, and cough were the leading
patient complaints, accounting for nearly one-fifth of all visits.
Source: National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2003 Emergency Department
Summary
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/05news/
emergencydept.htm
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• Among women,
Hispanic women were less likely to have had contact with a doctor in
the last 6 months compared with non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic
white women.
Source: Summary
Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey,
2003
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_225.pdf
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Health Care: Health Insurance
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the 33.4 million Hispanic or Latino women in the United States, 31%
lacked health insurance coverage at the time of interview, 20% had no
usual place to go for medical care during the past year, and 22%
experienced unmet health care needs during the past year due to cost.
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Of the five subgroups of Hispanic or Latino women,
Mexican women (35%) and Central or South American women (36%) were more
likely than Puerto Rican women (14%) and Cuban women (23%) to lack
health insurance coverage.
Source:
Access to Health Care among Hispanic or Latino Women-
United States, 2000-2002
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad368.pdf
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• Uninsured females
were more than twice as likely as uninsured males to not have coverage
due to a change in marital status or death of a parent.
Source: Summary
Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview
Survey, 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_224.pdf
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• Minnesota ranks best in terms of health insurance coverage in the United States.
Source: The Women’s Health and Mortality Chartbook
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/chartbook.htm
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Health Care: Medications |
• More than half of
adults used some type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
during the preceding 12 months of this survey.
• Women were more likely than men to use CAM.
Source: QuickStats:
Percentage of Adults Aged >18 Years Who Used Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (CAM) during the Preceding 12 Months, by Sex-
United States, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5411a6.htm
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