Which pediatricians are providing care to America's children? An update on the trends and changes during the past 26 years.
J Pediatr
; 157(1): 148-152.e1, 2010 Jul.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20227714
OBJECTIVE: To determine the current proportion of pediatric primary care and specialty visits being conducted by pediatricians versus other providers. STUDY DESIGN: We used data from 1980-2006 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys (NAMCS) to examine trends in office visits by patients 0 to 17 years of age. During our years of interest, the total number of visits in NAMCS by children ranged from 2597 to 9220 per year. RESULTS: Overall, the percentage of all nonsurgical physician office visits for children 0 to 17 years of age made to general pediatricians increased from 61% in 1996 to 71% in 2006 and those to nonpediatric generalists fell from 28% to 22%. The greatest changes between 2000 and 2006 occurred in the adolescent age group where the proportion of visits to general pediatricians increased from 38% to 53%. CONCLUSIONS: Pediatricians continue to provide most primary care visits for children in the United States. For the first time, pediatricians now provide most visits for adolescents.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Visita a Consultório Médico
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Pediatria
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Médicos
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Atenção Primária à Saúde
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Serviços de Saúde da Criança
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pediatr
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos