National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1998

The NHAMCS provides data from samples of patient records selected from emergency departments (EDs) and outpatient departments (OPDs) of a national sample of hospitals. The resulting national estimates describe the use of hospital ambulatory medical care services in the United States. For the 1998 su...

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Corporate Author: United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2000
In:Year: 2000
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
ambulatory care
Emergency services
health care services
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Injuries
Medical care
medical evaluation
medical procedures
medical records
Patient Care
Patients
payment methods
Surgery
Treatment
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Summary:The NHAMCS provides data from samples of patient records selected from emergency departments (EDs) and outpatient departments (OPDs) of a national sample of hospitals. The resulting national estimates describe the use of hospital ambulatory medical care services in the United States. For the 1998 survey, data were collected from 239 OPDs and 398 EDs. Among the variables included are age, race, and sex of the patient, reason for the visit, physician's diagnoses, cause of injury (ED only), surgical procedures (OPD only), medication therapy, and expected source of payment.
DOI:10.3886/ICPSR02916.v1