United States National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2005
General Info
Provider
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2005 - December, 2005
Data type
Survey:
Health facility - Nationally representative - Outpatient
Summary
The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 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.
Keywords
Alopecia, Bacterial skin diseases, Biopsy, Blood disorders, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Bone mineral density, Causes of morbidity, Cellulitis, Cholesterol tests, Clinical breast exams, Colonoscopy, Counseling, Diagnosis, Digital rectal examinations, Electrocardiograms, Encephalitis, Endocrine disorders, Ethnicity, Gall bladder and bile duct disease, Gastritis and duodenitis, Glucose tests, Gynecological diseases, Health care personnel, Health care services, Health education, Health facilities, Health insurance, Height, Home care, Hyperplasia of prostate, ICD-9, Immune system disorders, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Medical equipment, Medical tests, Medicines, Meningitis, Nurses, Pancreatitis, Pap smears, Peptic ulcer disease, Physical therapy, Physicians, Pregnancy, Prescriptions, Preventive interventions, Pruritus, Race, Respiratory function tests, Scabies, Screening mammography, Skilled birth attendants, Ultrasound, Urine tests, Viral skin diseases, Weight, X-rays
Citation
Contributors
Suggested citation
Constella Group, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Census Bureau (USCB). United States National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2005. Hyattsville, United States of America: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.