Changes in Usual Sources of Medical Care Between 1987 and 1992

摘要: This study is a secondary analysis of data from the 1987 and 1992 National Health Interview Surveys. Analyses compared adults who do not have usual source care those identified sources in 1992. Between these years, estimated number adult Americans without rose 29.7 to 39.4 million. Adults were 0.75 times less likely identify physician's office 1.8 more an outpatient clinic as that than they 1987. These changes observed among all demographic socioeconomic backgrounds. Increasing numbers shifts physicians' offices clinics may reflect deteriorating access care. affect quality costs medical care, demanding continued surveillance