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

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• Personal Author:
  Cypress, B. K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistic (U.S.)
• Description:
  Headache was the principal cause of an estimated 18,341,923 visits to office-based physicians during 1977-78. Headache was the seventh most frequent ; symptomatic reason for visits given by patients. ; The estimates in this report are based on data collected in the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), a probability sample survey conducted yearly by the Division of Health Care Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics. Since the estimates presented in this report are based on a sample rather than on the entire universe of office-baseded physicians, the data are subject to sampling ability. The Technical Notes at the end of this report provide a brief explanation of sampling errors and guidelines for judging the precision of the estimates presented. A more detailed description of the sample design and additional definitions of certain terms used in NAMCS have been published elsewhere. ; PMID: 10254004 ; ad067acc.pdf
• Content Notes:
  Advance data from vital and health statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics ; no. 67 ; DHEW publication ; no. (PHS) 80-1250
• Subjects:
  • Headache
  • Office Visits
  • Personal Health Services
• 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:
  67
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83696/cdc_83696_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 693.65 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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