Physicians Physician and Dental Visits No. 102. PHYSICIANS, BY SPECIALTY AND MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: 1971 [As of December 31. Includes Puerto Rico and outlying areas] MAJOR ACTIVITY 71 Includes 19,388 inactive, 3,529 unclassified, and 3,207 addresses unknown. 2 Includes activities not shown separately. Source: American Medical Association, Center for Health Services Research and Development, Reference Data on the Profile of Medical Practice, 1972. No. 103. PHYSICIANS-MEDIAN NET EARNINGS FROM PRACTICE: 1959 TO 1971 [Represents net income from practice after payment of tax-deductible professional expenses but before payment of income taxes. Relates to self-employed medical doctors under age 65, except as noted. For definition of median, see preface] Based on the AMA reclassification of physicians (office-based patient care medical doctors under 65). Source: Medical Economics Company, a subsidiary of Litton Publications, Inc., Oradell, N.J., Medical Economics. (Copyright; further reproduction prohibited without the written permission of the copyright owner.) [Refers to the civilian noninstitutional population. For composition of regions, see fig. I, p. xii] No. 105. PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, AND NURSES: 1950 TO 1971 Physicians as of end of year; dentists as of midyear; nurses as of Jan. 1 following year stated, except April 1 for 1950. Prior to 1960, data for nurses exclude Alaska and Hawaii. Data for physicians include Puerto Rico and outlying areas. See Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series B180-185 for related data] 1 Based on Bureau of the Census population estimates; see source for estimates used. 2 Excludes non-Federal physicians with temporary foreign addresses. 3 Preliminary. Supplied by American Osteopathic Association, Chicago, Ill. 4 Estimated. No. 106. PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS, 1971, AND NURSES, 1966-STATES AND OTHER ΝΑ Not available. 1 Doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy. 2 Per 100,000 resident population. Based on Bureau of the Census population estimates; see source. 3 Excludes dentists in Federal service. 4 Latest data available by States. 1971 estimates: Number, 723,000; rate, 353. Includes 30,556 physicians in Federal service not allocated by State and 3,207 non-Federal physicians with addresses unknown. American Samoa, Canal Zone, Guam, Virgin Islands, and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Source of tables 105 and 106: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Health Resources Statistics, annual. Employment in Health Services 73 No. 107. EMPLOYMENT IN THE MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES INDUSTRY, BY SELECTED OCCUPATIONS: 1970 [In thousands. Includes private wage and salary, government, unpaid family, and self-employed workers in medical and health service establishments as defined in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1967] 1 Drug store pharmacists (approximately 108,000) are classified in retail trade. 2 M.D.'s and D.O.'s. Craftsmen; salesworkers; laundry, dry cleaning, and other operators; and laborers. No. 108. EMPLOYMENT-SELECTED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS IN THE EXPERIENCED CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE: 1960 AND 1970 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970, vol. 1, PC(1)-D1, United States Summary, tailed Characteristics. De No. 109. HOSPITALS-TYPE OF SERVICE AND CONTROL: 1950 TO 1971 [Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Covers hospitals accepted for registration by the American Hospital Association; see text, p. 50. Short-term hospitals have an average patient stay of 30 days or less; long-term, an average stay of longer duration. See also Historical Statistics, Colonal Times to 1957, series B 195-248] ITEM Hospitals Rate 1 1,456 7,144 1,658 7, 123 1,704 7,097 1,671 1,663 1,650 96 9.2 1, 616 8.8 1,556 7.5 Non-Federal hospitals. .1,000.. 415 174 Beds.. 6,374 170 6, 441 161 6,680 148 6,756 Beds. Short-term general and special. -1,000. 6,721 1,266 6,729 1,481 6,715 1,530 6.690 1,496 1,489 5,031 1,480 1,455 1,408 5,850 Long-term general and special. 1,000. 5,820 505 5,853 639 5,859 741 5, 865 826 412 848 Beds 308 867 283 ..1,000 260 70 236 67 218 66 54 Tuberculosis. 1,000.. 509 620 519 722 685 513 570 398 527 Beds. 238 469 178 1,000 107 72 101 52 94 37 18 Beds. Local government hospitals... 1,000. (2) 752 580 708 647 620 ་ 2 1,654 598 558 1,324 498 1,000. 2844 1, 631 1,665 201 219 220 1,000. For-profit hospitals. 368 3,650 482 552 607 Beds. 1,470 1,000. 849 858 55 46 745 54 61 1 Beds per 1,000 population. Based on Bureau of the Census estimated resident population as of July 1. 2 State hospitals included with "Local." Source: American Hospital Association, Chicago, Ill., Hospitals, Guide Issue, annual. (Copyright.) No. 110. INPATIENT HEALTH FACILITIES: 1968, 1969, AND 1971 Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Health Resources Statistics, annual. No. 111. HOSPITALS-ASSETS, EXPENSES, AND PERSONNEL, BY TYPE OF CONTROL AND SERVICE: 1950 TO 1971 [Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. For definition of short-term and long-term, see headnote, table 109] 1 Composed of both general and other special. 2 Excludes cost of new construction. Includes full-time equivalents of part-time personnel; except for 1950, excludes residents, interns, and students Source: American Hospital Association, Chicago, Ill., Hospitals, Guide Issue, annual. (Copyright.) No. 112. HOSPITAL UTILIZATION RATES: 1965 TO 1970 [Covers estimates of inpatients discharged from noninstitutional, short-stay hospitals exclusive of Federal hospitals. Excludes newborn. Based on sample data collected from the Hospital Discharge Survey; for details, see Vital and Health Statistics, series 13-Nos. 3 and 6] 1 Average daily number of beds occupied per 100,000 civilian noninstitutional population. Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, unpublished data. |