The percentage of visits to physicians with a medical or surgical specialty increased significantly?from 37% to 55%?between 1978 and 2008, recently published data indicate.
The percentage of visits to physicians with a medical or surgical specialty increased significantly-from 37% to 55%-between 1978 and 2008, recently published data indicate.
The data showed that two urologic diagnoses-"symptoms involving the urinary system" and "malignant neoplasm of the prostate"-were among those diagnoses with the largest increase in number of visits for patients age 65 years and older during the 10-year period.
The findings, from the National Center for Health Statistics’ data brief on population aging and the use of office-based physician services, also include:
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