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United States National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2016

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
NAMCS 2016
Provider 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Geography 
United States of America (USA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2016 - 12/2016
Series or system 
United States National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Health facility
  • Nationally representative
  • Outpatient
Summary 

The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) is based on outpatient, office-based visits to physicians engaged in direct patient care and is designed to collect data on the provision and use of ambulatory care services.  It is a national sample of nonfederally employed physicians and excludes subspecialists in anesthesiology, pathology, and radiology. The 2016 survey included a supplementary survey called the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services for Office-based Physicians (National CLAS Physician Survey). The purpose of the National CLAS Physician Survey is to understand the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate services among office-based physicians.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Anthropometry, Asthma, Autism, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, COPD, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cerebrovascular diseases, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Chronic kidney diseases, Chronic respiratory diseases, Colonoscopy, Community health workers, Counseling, Diabetes, Electrocardiograms, Endocrine disorders, Ethnicity, Glucose tests, HIV and AIDS, Health education, Health facilities, Health insurance, Hearing tests, Heart failure, Height, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Home care, Hypertension, Imaging equipment, Intentional injuries, Ischemic heart disease, Lab personnel, Medical equipment, Medical tests, Medicines, Musculoskeletal diseases, Nurses, Obesity, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Pap smears, Patient counts, Pharmacists, Physical therapy, Physicians, Poisonings, Public social assistance, Race, Radiation therapy, Respiratory function tests, Skilled birth attendants, Skin tests, Sleep disorders, Suicide, Symptoms, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Ultrasound, Unintentional injuries, Urine tests, Weight, X-rays
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 6, 2021