Ambulatory Care Utilization Patterns of Children and Young Adults: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, January-December, 1975

摘要

Using data obtained from a national probability sample of office-based physicians, statistics are presented on the utilization of ambulatory care by children and young adults under 22 years of age. Ambulatory care visits are described in terms of demographic utilization patterns and in terms of physician utilization patterns. Also shown are distributions of office visits according to the patient's prior-visit status, the patient's problem or complaint, seriousness of the problem, physician's diagnosis, diagnostic and therapeutic services ordered or provided, disposition, and duration of visit.