How many physician office visits in U.S. each year?

In 2016, a total of 883,700,000 visits were made to office-based physicians in the U.S., according to newly released federal government estimates.  This represents 278 visits per 100 persons in the U.S.  Not surprisingly, children under one year old and the elderly had higher physician office visit rates than patients of other ages.  The payer mix for physician office visits was found to be:

• 54 percent private insurance
• 26 percent Medicare
• 15 percent Medicaid
•   3 percent no insurance

Source: Characteristics of office-based physician visits, 2016. (2019, January). NCHS data brief. 331. Click here for full text free: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db331-h.pdf  Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org