Cough as the Reason for Office Visits, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: United States, 1977-78

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• Personal Author:
  Cypress, B. K. ; McLemore, T.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistic (U.S.)
• Description:
  Cough was the principal reason for an estimated 29,059,242 visits to office-based physicians during 1977-78. Cough ranked fifth among all principal reasons for visits but was the second most frequent symptomatic reason given by patients (table 1). ; The estimates in this report are based on data coIlected in the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), a probability sample survey conducted yearly by the Division of Health Resources Utilization Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics. ; ad065acc.pdf
• Content Notes:
  Advance data from vital and health statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics ; no. 65 ; DHEW publication ; no. (PHS) 80-1250
• Subjects:
  • Cough
  • Office Visits
• Source:
  National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Advance Data
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Location:
  North America
• Issue:
  65
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83596/cdc_83596_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 640.90 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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