National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2009

The National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys (NAMCS) supply data on ambulatory medical care provided in physicians' offices. The 2009 survey contains information from 32,281 patient visits to 1,293 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 include information on the following: drugs/medications ordered, administered, or provided during office visits; 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.

国家门诊医疗服务调查（NAMCS）提供了在医师诊所提供的门诊医疗服务的相关数据。2009年的调查包含了32,281位患者访问1,293位医师诊所的信息。数据中包含了患者的吸烟习惯、就诊原因、预期的支付来源、医师的诊断以及提供的诊断和治疗服务类型。其他变量还包括以下信息：在诊所访问期间开具、使用或提供的药物/药品；有关药品代码、通用名及代码、品牌名、录入状态、处方状态、联邦管制物质状态、成分状态及相关成分代码的信息。同时，还包括了医师的专业领域和地理位置信息。此外，还收集了患者的人口统计学信息，如年龄、性别、种族和民族。