Ambulatory Care Use and Physician Visits
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Percent of adults who had contact with a health care professional in the past year: 82%
Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007, Table 37
- Percent of children who had contact with a health care professional in the past year: 91%
- Number of ambulatory care visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments): 1.1 billion
- Number of ambulatory care visits per 100 persons: 381.9
Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2006, Tables 1 and 2
Physician office visits
- Number of visits: 902 million
- Number of visits per 100 persons: 306.6
- Percent of visits made to primary care physicians: 49%
- 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
More data
- Health care visits within the past 12 months, according to selected characteristics: 1997-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 83
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary
- Percent of children without a health care visit within the past 12 months according to selected characteristics: 1997-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 82
- Role of International Medical Graduates Providing Office-based Medical Care: United States, 2005-2006
- Visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments by selected characteristics: 1995-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 94
- Visits to primary care generalist and specialist physicians, by selected characteristics and type of physician: 1980-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 95
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