Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2006

August 6, 2008 The National Center for Health Statistics issues an annual report on health care utilization. For 2006, there were about one billion emergency department and physician office visits. From 1996 to 2006, physician office and hospital outpatient and emergency service visits increased by 26%. Researchers used data from the 2006 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to produce estimates of ambulatory medical care utilization . . .