Data Dictionary: | Health Data 2011 Release |
Data Source: | Social Explorer; County Health Rankings & Roadmaps |
T4. | Health Care Providers | |||||
Universe: | ||||||
T004_001Primary Care Physicians (PCP)
Percent base:
None - percentages not computed (variable is table universe)
Aggregation method:
Addition
Formula used to compute this variable:
#ReturnType oretval = new #ReturnType();
oretval = ORG:HD2011_014_HEALTH_T3_V34;
return oretval;
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Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; Health Data 2011: Technical Documentation |
Health Data: Technical Documentation -> Subject Definitions -> T4: Health Care Providers |
Primary care physicians include practicing physicians (M.D.'s) specializing in general practice medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology. The measure represents the number of primary care physicians and the rate of primary care physicians per 100,000 population. Access to care requires not only financial coverage, but also, access to providers.