title: Utilization of physician services for dermatologic complaints. The United States, 1974.
abstract: The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey provides data on the "who," "for what complaint," and "to whom" for office visits to office-based physicians. In 1974, complaints referable to the skin accounted for 44 million physicians visits. This represents 7% of the 634 million visits to physician offices made during this period. Dermatologists accounted for 34% of all visits for skin complaints. General and family practitioners accounted for 40% of such encounters. Office visits prompted by dermatologic complaints were frequently less than 16 minutes long. Each office-based dermatologist accounted for an average of 5,600 patient visit per year. According to the dermatologist's diagnosis, 31% of these visits were prompted by acne; warts accounted for an additional 8%.
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000453:epidemiology; D003880:Dermatology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011331:Private Practice; D012737:Sex Factors; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States; D014860:Warts / Q000453:epidemiology