United States National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2013
General Info
Provider
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2013 - December, 2013
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, Ambulances, Asthma, Back pain, Blood pressure, Breathing difficulty, Burns, COPD, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cellulitis, Cerebrovascular diseases, Chronic respiratory diseases, Congestion, Cough, Diabetes, Diagnosis, Digestive diseases, Drug use disorders, Emergency care, Ethnicity, Exposure to forces of nature, Falls, Fever, Foreign bodies, Gynecological diseases, HIV and AIDS, Headache, Health care services, Health care use, Health insurance, Heart disease, Heart failure, Hospitals, Hypertension, Infectious diseases, Influenza, Injuries, Intentional injuries, Interpersonal violence, Ischemic heart disease, Lower respiratory infections, Medical tests, Mental and behavioral disorders, Migraine, Musculoskeletal diseases, Nausea, Noncommunicable diseases, Otitis media, Pain, Patient counts, Poisonings, Pregnancy complications, Prescriptions, Race, Road traffic injuries, Self-inflicted injuries, Sense organ diseases, Skin diseases, Suffocation, Symptoms, Unintentional injuries, Upper respiratory infections, Urinary diseases, Urinary tract infections, Vomiting
Citation
Contributors
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 2013. Hyattsville, United States of America: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.