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 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 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
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