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Office visits to general surgeons : National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 1975
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March 24, 1978
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Description:In 1975 there were an estimated 41.3 million visits made to office-based physicians spe cializing in generaJ surgery, resulting in an average of 20 visits per 100 persons per year.
These and other preliminary data about visits to general surgeons are presented in this brief report from the 1975 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). NAhfCS is conducted by the Division of Health Resources Utilization Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics. The sampling frame for the survey is a list of licensed physicians in “office- based, patient care” practice compiled from files that are classified and maintained by the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). NAMCS currently excludes physicians practicing in Alaska and Hawaii as weIl as physicians specializing in anesthesiology, pathology, or radiology and all physicians who are Federally employed.
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Pages in Document:8 numbered pages
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Issue:23
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