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United States National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2011

General Info

Provider 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Microdata access: Download
Geography 
United States of America (USA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 2011 - December, 2011
Series or system 
United States National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
Data type
Survey: Emergency - Nationally representative - Outpatient
Summary 

The United States National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) is based on outpatient visits to physicians and hospital emergency rooms and is designed to collect data on the use of ambulatory care services. Conducted in all fifty states and the District of Columbia, it is a national sample of non-institutional general and short-stay hospitals, excluding federal, military and VA hospitals.

Keywords 
Adverse effects of medical treatments, Alcohol use, Ambulances, Antenatal care, Asthma, Back pain, Biopsy, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Bone mineral density, Breathing difficulty, Burns, COPD, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Causes of morbidity, Cerebrovascular diseases, Child health care, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Chronic kidney diseases, Chronic respiratory diseases, Clinical breast exams, Colonoscopy, Cough, Counseling, Dermatitis, Diabetes, Diagnosis, Digestive diseases, Digital rectal examinations, Electrocardiograms, Emergency care, Endocrine disorders, Ethnicity, Eye examinations, Falls, Fever, Foreign bodies, General surgery, Glucose tests, Gynecology, Headache, Health care personnel, Health care services, Health education, Health facilities, Health insurance, Heart failure, Height, Hemoglobin, Home care, Hypertension, ICD-9, Illicit drug use, Immune system disorders, Infectious diseases, Injuries, Intentional injuries, Interpersonal violence, Ischemic heart disease, Length of stay, Medical equipment, Medical tests, Medicines, Mental and behavioral disorders, Metabolic disorders, Mortality, Musculoskeletal diseases, Neurological conditions, Nurses, Nursing homes, Obesity, Orthopedic devices, Osteoporosis, Outpatient facilities, Pain, Pap smears, Pediatrics, Physical examinations, Physical therapy, Physicians, Poisonings, Pregnancy complications, Prescriptions, Preventive interventions, Race, Radiation therapy, Rheumatoid arthritis, Road traffic injuries, Screening mammography, Skilled birth attendants, Skin diseases, Sore throat, Suffocation, Symptoms, Ultrasound, Unintentional injuries, Upper respiratory infections, Urinary diseases, Urine tests, Vomiting, Weight, X-rays, Diarrheal diseases, Lower respiratory infections, Otitis media, Cardiomyopathies, Silicosis, Cirrhosis of the liver, Gastritis and duodenitis, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Gall bladder and bile duct disease, Pancreatitis, Female infertility, Male infertility, Acute glomerulonephritis, Urolithiasis, Uterine fibroids, Endometriosis, Genital prolapse, Gynecological diseases, Scabies, Fungal skin diseases, Viral skin diseases, Alopecia, Decubitus ulcer, Drownings, Unintentional firearm injuries, Animal injuries, Contact with venomous animals and plants, Exposure to forces of nature, Self-inflicted injuries, Firearms

Citation

Contributors 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States Census Bureau (USCB)
SRA International, Inc.
Publisher 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Suggested citation 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, SRA International, Inc., United States Census Bureau (USCB). United States National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2011. Hyattsville, United States of America: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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