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Drugs Most Frequently Used in Office Practice: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1981

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  • Personal Author:
    Koch, H.
  • Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Statistic (U.S.)
  • Description:
    This report offers descriptive data about the drugs utilized in office practice in the calendar year 1981, highlighting those pharmaceutical agents that were most frequently ordered or provided. The data, based on the findings of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), were produced by a representative sampIe of the Nation’s physicians who are primarily engaged inofllce-based, patient-care practice. Non-Federal doctors of medicine and osteopathy in all states except Alaska and Hawaii participated by completing records (figure 1, Patient Record) on a sample of their office visits over a weekly reporting period. ; Suggested citation: National Center for Health Statistics, B. K. Cvrxess: Drug utilization in office visits to primary care physicians: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1980A.dvance Data From Vital and Health Statistics, No. 86. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 82-1250. Public Health Service, Hyattsville, Md. October 8, 1982 ; PMID: 10257288 ; /ad089acc.pdf
  • Content Notes:
    Advance data from vital and health statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics ; no. 89 ; DHEW publication ; no. (PHS) 83-1250
  • Subjects:
  • 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:
    89
  • Download URL:
    https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/85873/cdc_85873_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 1.02 MB]
  • Collection(s):
    National Center for Health Statistics
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:11109c7273d2bfbbaf6a7dd864c655d65cd3e8bacac5eb73fa5970dce81edbd65aaa0b6fab367e098c6d1b39ffc2304eb71d51c85406fa8d812e0e4d90f5e6da
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