Ambulatory Care Use and Physician office visits
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Data are for the U.S.
Adults who had contact with health care professional
- Percent of adults who had contact with a health care professional in the past year: 83.6%
Children who had contact with health care professional
- Percent of children who had contact with a health care professional in the past year: 93.0%
Hospital outpatient visits
- Number of visits: 125.7 million
- Number of visits per 100 persons: 41.0
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2011 Outpatient Department Summary Tables, table 1[PDF – 445 KB]
Physician office visits
- Number of visits: 884.7 million
- Number of visits per 100 persons: 282.0
- Percent of visits made to primary care physicians: 52.2%
- Most frequent principal illness-related reason for visit: medication
- Most commonly diagnosed condition: essential hypertension
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2014 State and National Summary Tables, tables 1, 11, 16[PDF – 613 KB]
More data
- Acceptance of New Patients With Public and Private Insurance by Office-based Physicians: United States, 2013
- Age Differences in Visits to Office-based Physicians by Adults With Hypertension: United States, 2013
- Age Differences in Visits to Office-based Physicians by Patients With Diabetes: United States, 2010
- Characteristics of Physician Office Visits for Obesity by Adults Aged 20 and Over, United States, 2012
- Community Health Centers: Providers, Patients, and Content of Care[PDF – 550 KB]
- Emergency Department Visits
- Generalist and Specialty Physicians: Supply and Access, 2009–2010
- Health care visits within the past 12 months, according to selected characteristics Health, United States, 2016, table 65[PDF – 9.8 MB]
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2011 Outpatient Department Summary Tables[PDF – 375 KB]
- Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, and Physician Assistants in Physician Offices[PDF – 725 KB]
- Percent of children without a health care visit within the past 12 months according to selected characteristics Health, United States, 2016, table 64[PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Physician Assistant and Advance Practice Nurse Care in Hospital Outpatient Departments: United States, 2008-2009
- Physician Office Visits by Children for Well and Problem-focused Care: United States, 2012
- State Variability in Supply of Office-based Primary Care Providers: United States, 2012
- State Variation in Preventive Care Visits, by Patient Characteristics, 2012
- Variation in Physician Office Visit Rates by Patient Characteristics and State, 2012
- Visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2016, table 76[PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Visits to primary care generalist and specialist physicians, by selected characteristics and type of physician Health, United States, 2016, table 77[PDF – 9.8 MB]
- Page last reviewed: January 19, 2017
- Page last updated: May 3, 2017
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