The Northeast region of the United States saw the highest percentage increase in office-based physicians from 2007 to 2012, according to a survey released by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey is an annual probability survey of nonfederal, office-based physicians providing direct patient care, excluding radiologists, anesthesiologists and pathologists. A sample of office-based physicians who reported that they were in direct patient care was taken from the master files of the American Medical Association and the American Osteopathic Association.
Here are four statistics on percentage change in office-based physicians from 2007 to 2012, according to geographic region:
• Northeast — increased by 10.4 percent
• Midwest — No change in percentage
• South — decreased by 6 percent
• West — increased by 0.4 percent
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