Ophthalmology fact sheet from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Health Care Statistics.
• Description:
  The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) produces statistics that represent the experience of the U.S. population at visits to office-based physicians. The survey provides information on office visits in terms of physician practice, patient, and visit characteristics. ; In 2015, an estimated 58 million visits were made to nonfederally employed, office-based ophthalmologists in the United States. A majority of the visits were made by persons aged 45 and over. The visit rates for the two oldest age groups were higher than for the two youngest age groups. ; National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2015 Ophthalmology Fact Sheet ; 262221 ; Publication date from document properties. ; NAMCS_2014_15_Opthalmology-508.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Ambulatory Care
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Ophthalmology
  • Outpatients
• Source:
  National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey factsheet
• Series:
  National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  2 Pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/115123/cdc_115123_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.59 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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