Table 7. Twenty leading principal reasons for outpatient department visits: the United States, 2009 All visits ... 96,132 Progress visit, not otherwise specified:9,052 General medical examination: 5,762 Cough: 2,638 Counseling, not otherwise specified: 2,550 Prenatal examination, routine: 2,410 Medication, other and unspecified kinds: 2,282 Symptoms referable to throat: 1,773 Back symptoms : 1,630 Postoperative visit: 1,593 Diabetes mellitus : 1,568 Fever: 1,341 Knee symptoms: 1,331 Earache or ear infection: 1,326 Stomach pain, cramps and spasms: 1,231 Well-baby examination: 1,198 Headache, pain in head: 1,091 Low back symptoms: *1,078 Hypertension: 1,078 Skin rash: 1,053 Gynecological examination: 1,032 All other reasons ... 53,115 Table 9. Twenty leading principal reasons for office visits, by patient’s sex: the United States, 2018 The principal reason for the visit All visits . . . . .860,386 (37,935) Progress visit, not otherwise specified . . . 151,669 General medical examination . . . . . . . . . . .54,456 Postoperative visit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *26,785 For other and unspecified test results . . . *19,637 Prenatal examination, routine . . . . . . . . . . . 19,380 Knee symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,666 Cough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18,469 Medication, other and unspecified kinds . . 16,824 Hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,466 Counseling, not otherwise specified . . . . . . 15,448 Gynecological examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,494 Symptoms referable to throat . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,066 Preoperative visit for specified and unspecified types of surgery . . *10,836 Disturbances of sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10,672 Well-baby examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,530 Anxiety and nervousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,154 Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,866 Stomach and abdominal pain, cramps and spasms . . 9,460 Diagnosed complications of pregnency and puerperium ... 9,391 Vision dysfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,634 All other reasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400,481 1. Discuss some of the reasons for the rapid growth of ambulatory services. 2. What difference in care and number of patients are there between 2009 and 2018 ambulatory care visits? Discuss some of the reasons?
Table 7. Twenty leading principal reasons for outpatient department visits: the United States, 2009
All visits ... 96,132
Progress visit, not otherwise specified:9,052
General medical examination: 5,762
Cough: 2,638
Counseling, not otherwise specified: 2,550
Prenatal examination, routine: 2,410
Medication, other and unspecified kinds: 2,282
Symptoms referable to throat: 1,773
Back symptoms : 1,630
Postoperative visit: 1,593
Diabetes mellitus : 1,568
Fever: 1,341
Knee symptoms: 1,331
Earache or ear infection: 1,326
Stomach pain, cramps and spasms: 1,231
Well-baby examination: 1,198
Headache, pain in head: 1,091
Low back symptoms: *1,078
Hypertension: 1,078
Skin rash: 1,053
Gynecological examination: 1,032
All other reasons ... 53,115
Table 9. Twenty leading principal reasons for office visits, by patient’s sex: the United States, 2018
The principal reason for the visit
All visits . . . . .860,386 (37,935)
Progress visit, not otherwise specified . . . 151,669
General medical examination . . . . . . . . . . .54,456
Postoperative visit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *26,785
For other and unspecified test results . . . *19,637
Prenatal examination, routine . . . . . . . . . . . 19,380
Knee symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,666
Cough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18,469
Medication, other and unspecified kinds . . 16,824
Hypertension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,466
Counseling, not otherwise specified . . . . . . 15,448
Gynecological examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,494
Symptoms referable to throat . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,066
Preoperative visit for specified and unspecified types of surgery . . *10,836
Disturbances of sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10,672
Well-baby examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,530
Anxiety and nervousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,154
Diabetes mellitus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,866
Stomach and abdominal pain, cramps and spasms . . 9,460
Diagnosed complications of pregnency and puerperium ... 9,391
Vision dysfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,634
All other reasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400,481
1. Discuss some of the reasons for the rapid growth of ambulatory services.
2. What difference in care and number of patients are there between 2009 and 2018 ambulatory care visits? Discuss some of the reasons?
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