National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2003

The National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys (NAMCS) supply
data on ambulatory medical care provided in physicians' offices. The
2003 survey contains information from 25,288 patient visits to 1,049
physicians' offices. Data are available on the patient's smoking
habits, reason for the visit, expected source of payment, the
physician's diagnosis, and the kinds of diagnostic and therapeutic
services rendered. Other variables cover drugs/medications ordered,
administered, or provided during office visits, with information on
medication code, generic name and code, brand name, entry status,
prescription status, federal controlled substance status, composition
status, and related ingredient codes. Information is also included on
the physician's specialization and geographic location. Demographic
information on patients, such as age, sex, race, and ethnicity, was
also collected.

全国门诊医疗护理调查（National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys，NAMCS）提供了医师诊所内开展的门诊医疗护理相关数据。2003年的本次调查涵盖了针对1049家医师诊所的25288次患者就诊信息。数据内容涵盖患者吸烟习惯、就诊原因、预计支付来源、医师诊断结果，以及所提供的各类诊断与治疗服务。其余变量涉及门诊就诊期间开具、使用或提供的药物/药品，相关信息包括药物代码、通用名及对应代码、商品名、准入状态、处方状态、联邦管制药品属性、成分属性以及相关活性成分代码。数据集还包含医师的专科领域与地理位置信息。此外，调查还收集了患者的人口统计学信息，如年龄、性别、种族与族裔。