Characteristics of Office-based Physician Visits, 2018
In 2018, 85% of adults and 96% of children in the United States had a usual place to receive health care (1,2). Most children and adults listed a doctor's office as the usual place they received care (1,2). In 2018, an estimated 860.4 million office-based physician visits occurred in the United...
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Published in | NCHS data brief no. 408; p. 1 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
01.05.2021
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Summary: | In 2018, 85% of adults and 96% of children in the United States had a usual place to receive health care (1,2). Most children and adults listed a doctor's office as the usual place they received care (1,2). In 2018, an estimated 860.4 million office-based physician visits occurred in the United States (3,4). This report examines visit rates by age and sex. It also examines visit characteristics-including insurance status, reason for visit, and services- by age using data from the 2018 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). |
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ISSN: | 1941-4927 |