National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2002

The National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys (NAMCS) supply
data on ambulatory medical care provided in physicians' offices. The
2003 survey contains information from 28,738 patient visits to 1,215
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.

国家门诊医疗护理调查（National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys，NAMCS）提供了医师诊室开展的门诊医疗护理相关数据。本次2003年的调查涵盖了来自1215间医师诊室的28738次患者就诊相关信息。数据集包含患者吸烟习惯、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相关信息。其余变量则涵盖诊室就诊期间开具、实施或提供的药物/药品相关信息，具体包括药品编码、通用名及通用名编码、商品名、录入状态、处方状态、联邦管制药品状态、成分状态以及相关成分编码。数据集还收录了医师的专科类别与地理位置信息。同时还收集了患者的人口统计学信息，包括年龄、性别、种族与族裔。