National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1980 : Drug Mentions / United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 9174.

ICPSR ; 9174

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Series ; 9174

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physician services utilization--United States--Statistics.

Physician services utilization.

Drug utilization.

United States.

Ambulatory medical care--Utilization--United States--Statistics.

Ambulatory medical care.

Ambulatory medical care--Utilization.

Drug utilization--United States--Statistics.

Medical care surveys--United States.

Medical care surveys.

United States--Statistics, Medical.

Genre:

Statistics.

Medical statistics.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1989.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection is the latest in a series of surveys that offer information on patients' visits to a national sample of office-based physicians. The National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys (NAMCS) collect information on all drugs/medications ordered, administered, or provided during the visits. In 1980 51,372 drugs were mentioned in the national sample of 46,081 patient visits. The data items include the medication code, generic name and code, brand name, entry status, prescription status, federal controlled substance status, composition status, and related ingredient codes.

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61161596

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.