Ambulatory Care Use/Physician Visits
(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)
Percent of adults who had contact
with a health care professional in the past year: 81
Source: Summary Health
Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006, Table 37
Percent of children who had
contact with a health care professional in the past year: 90
Source: Summary Health
Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2006, Table
14, Appendix III, Table XII
Physician office visits
Number of
visits: 902
million
Number of visits per 100 persons:
306.6
Percent of visits made to
primary care physicians:
48.9
Most frequent principal reason
for visit: general medical examination
Most commonly diagnosed
condition: essential hypertension
Source:
National Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey: 2006 Summary, Tables 1, 5, 8, 12
Hospital outpatient
department visits
Number of
visits: 102 million
Number of visits per 100 persons:
34.7
Percent of visits made to primary
care physicians: 41.7
Most commonly diagnosed
condition: routine infant or child health check
Source:
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical
Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary, Tables 1, 4, 10
More
data
Percent of
children without a health care visit within the past 12 months according to
selected characteristics: 1997-2005
Health, United States,
2007, Table 81
Health
care visits within the past 12 months, according to selected
characteristics: 1997-2005 Health, United
States, 2007, Table 82
Percent
of children without a usual source of health care according to selected
characteristics: 1993-2005 Health,
United States, 2007, Table 77
Percent
of adults without a usual source of health care according to selected
characteristics: 1993-2005 Health,
United States, 2007, Table 78
Visits to physician offices
and hospital outpatient and emergency departments by
selected characteristics: 1995-2005 Health,
United States, 2007, Table 92
Visits to
primary care generalist and specialist physicians, by selected
characteristics and type of physician: 1980-2005
Health,
United States, 2007, Table 93
Related
links
National
Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National
Health Interview Survey
National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National
Center for Infectious Diseases
National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
American
Medical Association
World
Health Organization
This page last reviewed
September 26, 2008