National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1999

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 1999 su...

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Autor Corporativo: United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics. VerfasserIn (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Research Data
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2001
En:Año: 2001
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Palabras clave:
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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Sumario: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 1999 survey, data were collected from 241 OPDs and 376 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/ICPSR03156.v1