OBJECTIVE This report describes ambulatory care visits to hospital outpatient departments in the United States. Statistics are presented on selected patient and visit characteristics. METHODS The data presented in this report were collected from the 1996 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). NHAMCS is part of the ambulatory care component of the National Health Care Surve...

Refer to: Magarian G J, Middaugh DA, Linz DH: Hyperventilation syndrome: A diagnosis begging for recognition (Topics in Primary Care Medicine). West J Med 1983 May; 138:733-736. From Ambulatory Care and Medical Services, Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland. Supported in part by HEW gran...

BACKGROUND : The practice environments of nurses have been studied extensively in inpatient settings, but rarely in the ambulatory context. As the majority of cancer care is delivered in ambulatory settings, a better understanding of the nursing practice environment may contribute to quality improvement efforts. OBJECTIVE : We sought to examine the features of nursing practice environments th...