Characteristics of office-based physician visits, 2016

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• Personal Author:
  Ashman, Jill J. ; Rui, Pinyao ; Okeyode, Titilayo
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey ; • In 2016, there were an estimated 278 office-based physician visits per 100 persons. ; • The visit rate among females exceeded the rate for males, and the rates for both infants and older adults exceeded the rates for those aged 1-64 years. ; • Private insurance was the primary expected source of payment for the majority of visits by children under age 18 and adults aged 18-64, whereas Medicare was the primary expected source of payment for the majority of visits by adults aged 65 and over. ; • Compared with adults, a larger percentage of visits by children were for either preventive care or a new problem. ; • Compared with children, a larger percentage of visits by adults included an imaging service that was ordered or provided. ; In 2016, most Americans had a usual place to receive health care (86% of adults and 96% of children) (1,2). The majority of children and adults listed a doctor's office as the usual place they received care (1,2). In 2016, there were an estimated 883.7 million office-based physician visits 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. Estimates use data from the 2016 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). ; Suggested citation: Ashman JJ, Rui P, Okeyode T. Characteristics of office-based physician visits, 2016. NCHS Data Brief, no 331. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2019. ; CS300561
• Subjects:
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  More +
• Source:
  National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Issue:
  331
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/62369/cdc_62369_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 533.73 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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