Experiences related to COVID-19 at physician offices

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  2020 NAMCS Physician Induction Interview
  
  The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), collects data on visits to physician offices to describe patterns of ambulatory care delivery in the United States. As part of NAMCS, the Physician Induction Interview collects information about practice characteristics at physician offices. Partway through the 2020 NAMCS, NCHS added questions to the Physician Induction Interview to assess physician experiences related to COVID-19 in office-based settings.
  
  Each year, physicians in the NAMCS sample are assigned to one of four interview periods and are contacted by a field representative to conduct the Physician Induction Interview during the assigned interview period. In the 2020 NAMCS, physicians were interviewed about COVID-19-related experiences in interview periods 3 (P3) and 4 (P4). Due to delays in data collection, interviews for P3 and P4 occurred between December 15, 2020 and May 5, 2021. Physicians were asked about experiences in the 3 months prior to their interview, and therefore, estimates for P3 and P4 in the below figures represent physician experiences between September 2020 and May 2021. The data used in these figures are considered preliminary, and the results may change with the final data release. This page will be updated every six months, as additional interview periods are completed in the 2021 NAMCS. More information on survey methodology can be found below the dashboard.
  
  • Results on this page show nationally representative estimates of experiences related to COVID-19 among office-based physicians in the United States in the 3 months prior to their NAMCS interview. Estimates on this page include:
  
  • Ability to test for COVID-19: percentage of physicians responding yes, their office had the ability to test for COVID-19 in the past 3 months.
  
  • Turn away patients with COVID-19: percentage of physicians responding yes, their office had to turn away or refer elsewhere some, most, or all COVID-19 patients in the past 3 months.
  
  • Any providers testing positive for COVID-19: percentage of physicians responding yes, at least one type of clinical care provider at their office tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 3 months.
  
  Data are presented according to interview period and can be examined by office type (solo or group practice), specialty type (primary care, surgical, or medical), owner type (physician or physician group, or other type), and urbanicity of office location (large metro area, medium/small metro area, nonmetro area).
  
  Suggested citation: National Center for Health Statistics. 2020 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Physician Induction Interview. Experiences Related to COVID-19 at Physician Offices: United States. Oct. 21, 2021.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Health Surveys Pandemics Physicians' Offices
• Source:
  Physician experiences related to COVID-19
• Series:
  Physician Experiences Related to COVID-19
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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