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Advance
Data From Vital and Health Statistics |
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 1998 Outpatient Department Summary
Advance Data 317. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey: 1998 Outpatient
Department Summary. 24 pp. (PHS) 2000-1250.
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In 1998, an estimated 75.4 million visits (about 28.0 visits per 100 persons) were made to outpatient departments (OPD's) of non-Federal, short-stay, or general hospitals in the United States. This report presents data on OPD visits from the 1998 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, which measures health care utilization across various types of providers.
Data Highlights:
Females made 60.2 percent
of all OPD visits. Visit rates were higher for females than for males between 15 and 44
years of age. Visit rates for black persons were higher than for white persons overall in
all age category comparisons.
Progress visits, general
medical examinations, and routine prenatal examinations were the most frequently mentioned
reasons for visit.
Imaging was most often in
the form of an x ray and performed at 7.2 percent of all visits.
During 1998, there were
113.8 million drugs mentioned at OPD visits. This yields an average of 1.5 drug mentions
per OPD visit.
Keywords: outpatient department visits, diagnoses, injury, ICD-9-CM
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January 11, 2007
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