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Percentage of Office-Based Primary-Care Physicians Who Did Not Accept New Patients, by Expected Payment Source --- National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2003--2004
Although 94.2% of primary-care physicians reported in 2003--2004 that they were accepting new patients, acceptance varied by the patient's expected payment source. Among the physicians, 43.0% did not accept new charity cases, 29.3% did not accept new Medicaid patients, and 20.3% did not accept new Medicare patients. Only 7.0% did not accept new patients who self-paid.
Data Source: Hing E, Burt CW. Characteristics of office-based physicians and their practices: United States, 2003--04. Vital Health Stat 13 2007;164. (PDF 1.11MB)
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. QuickStats: Percentage of Office-Based Primary-Care Physicians Who Did Not Accept New Patients, by Expected Payment Source -- National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2003-2004. MMWR 2007; 56(10); 230.
For more information on the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/ahcd/ahcd1.htm.
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