Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, Number 3, August 6, 2008. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Summary

摘要

This report describes ambulatory care visits made to physician offices in the United States. Statistics are presented on selected characteristics of the physicians practice, the patient, and the visit. The data presented in this report were collected in the 2006 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), a national probability sample survey of visits to nonfederal office-based physicians in the United States. Sample data are weighted to produce annual national estimates of physician visits.