QuickStats: Percentage of Hospital Outpatient Department Visits in Which a Physician Assistant or Advance Practice Nurse Was Seen, by Hospital Locality — United States, 2008–2009

QuickStats: Percentage of Hospital Outpatient Department Visits in Which a Physician Assistant or Advance Practice Nurse Was Seen, by Hospital Locality — United States, 2008–2009

Weekly

February 10, 2012 / 61(05);99

* 95% confidence interval.

Patients are much more likely to see a physician assistant or advance practice nurse, such as a nurse practitioner, at visits to hospital outpatient departments in nonmetropolitan areas (36%) than at visits to hospital outpatient departments in large, metropolitan areas (6%).

Source: Hing E, Uddin S. Physician assistant and advance practice nurse care in hospital outpatient departments. NCHS data brief, no. 77. Hyattsville, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics; 2011. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db77.htm.

Alternate Text: The figure above shows the percentage of hospital outpatient department visits in which a physician assistant or advance practice nurse was seen, by hospital locatity in the United States, during 2008-2009. Patients are much more likely to see a physician assistant or advance practice nurse, such as a nurse practitioner, at visits to hospital outpatient departments in nonmetropolitan areas (36%) than at visits to hospital outpatient departments in large, metropolitan areas (6%).