Why Participate in the NAMCS Provider Survey Component

Inform and improve health care

Nationally representative data about ambulatory care provides value to the entire healthcare system. Reliable, high-quality data support—

• Evidence-based decision-making by policymakers
• Operational policies across ambulatory care settings
• Medical education for current and future providers
• Research to understand and improve healthcare delivery

Represent others like you

Experts at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) designed the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Provider Survey Component to represent providers across the United States. Together, the 10,000 office-based providers invited to participate in NAMCS can help paint a complete picture of ambulatory medical care services across the country.

Each physician, physician assistant, and physician associate selected for NAMCS represents thousands of similar providers in the same geographic region and medical specialty. Without your help, it will be difficult to estimate the characteristics of providers, practices, and patient care taking place in offices like yours.

Participation in NAMCS is completely voluntary, but it is very important. If you choose not to participate, you cannot be replaced. That could mean providers like you may be underrepresented in the survey and in the resulting national data.

Make a difference

Equitable healthcare delivery begins with you

Your participation in NAMCS directly contributes to our understanding of ambulatory health care in the United States.

Healthcare policy makers, public health professionals, and researchers can use these data to make health care more accessible and equitable.