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Show Percentage of Outpatient Visits by Type of Health Care Facility Table 49 Doctor's Office Hospital Outpatient Clinic Other Clinic Other Utah, 1991 US, 1989 71.4 59.6 7.8 13.2 16.5 na 0.4 na Source: Utah - Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. (1992). Utah's 1991 Health Status Survey: Health Care Access (Report No. 147). Salt Lake City: Author, p. 33. VS.- National Center For Health Statistics (1991). Health. United States. 1990 (DHHS Publication No. PHS 91-1232). Hyattsville, MD: Public Health Services, p. 137. Utah data regarding outpatient visits were taken from a survey conducted by the Utah Department of Health in 1991. The Utah data represent the percentage distribution of locations where routine health care occurs. Similar, but not exactly comparable, information is available for the nation for 1989 (Table 49). The U.S. data report the location at which contact with a physician is made. In both surveys the physician's office is the place where people most frequently obtain routine health care and come into contact with a physician, as would be expected. The data presented suggest that people in the U.S., on average, utilize more hospital outpatient clinics than do Utahns. Self-Perceived Health Status Table 50 Poor or Fair Good Very Good Excellent Utah % for 1986 & 1991 US % for 1984 & 1989 7.8 7.8 10.5 9.1 18.2 23.4 22.6 22.2 30.8 25.8 31.7 27.9 43.2 40.3 37.9 40.7 Source: Utah • Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. (1992). Utah's 1991 Health Status Survey: Socio-Demographics (Report No. 141). Salt Lake City: Author, p. 43. U.S. - National Center For Health Statistics. (1991). Health. United States. 1990 (DHHS Publication No. PHS 91-1232). Hyattsville, MD: Public Health Services, p. 123. Utah data on self-perceived health status were obtained from health status surveys conducted by the Utah Department of Health in 1986 and 1991. Overall, Utahns appear to rate their health status as favorable. The most interesting shift from 1986 to 1991 occurred in the rating of the "excellent" category. In 1991, compared to 1986, there was about a 6% decrease in those who rated their health as excellent. This decrease may be the result of random fluctuation in the sample selected, since more data points are needed to establish trend characteristics. Other highlights include a shift upwards in those who rated their health status as "good" or "very good" in 1991 compared to 1986. The "poor" or "fair" categories remained unchanged (Table 50). National surveys conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 1984 and 1989 were directed at the same topic. The U.S. survey found that those who rated their health as "poor" or "fair," and "good" decreased in 1989 from 1984, while those who rated their health as "very good" or "excellent" increased. The "excellent" classification had only a slight increase (from 40.3% to 40.7%). Utah's Health: An Annual Review 1993 39 |
