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Table 1 Distribution of ambulatory care visits in 2002 by specialty (selected)

From: Patterns of ambulatory care utilization in Taiwan

Specialty

No. of visits (%, n = 2,443,003)

No. of patients (%, n = 182,474)

No. of specialists per 100,000 population (in 2004)

General practice*

624,047 (25.5)

106,550 (58.4)

18.8**

Otorhinolaryngology

232,775 (9.5)

61,057 (33.5)

6.6

Chinese medicine

224,045 (9.2)

51,623 (28.3)

20.1

Internal medicine

218,191 (8.9)

54,144 (29.7)

28.6

Dentistry

204,773 (8.4)

68,959 (37.8)

43.3

Pediatrics

160,639 (6.6)

29,402 (16.1)

13.4

Ophthalmology

134,866 (5.5)

51,285 (28.1)

5.8

Gynecology

111,689 (4.6)

27,075 (14.8)

10.2

Dermatology

90,930 (3.7)

33,180 (18.2)

1.6

General surgery

72,394 (3.0)

26,899 (14.7)

19.8

Orthopedics

64,171 (2.6)

21,930 (12.0)

5.8

Cardiology

39,795 (1.6)

8,065 (4.4)

2.3

Gastroenterology

36,960 (1.5)

11,547 (6.3)

NA***

Neurology

35,052 (1.4)

8,526 (4.7)

2.8

Rehabilitation

31,981 (1.3)

7,953 (4.4)

2.6

Psychiatry

26,228 (1.1)

4,088 (2.2)

3.7

Urology

24,629 (1.0)

7,558 (4.1)

2.7

Infection

2,305 (0.1)

947 (0.5)

NA***

Others

107,533 (4.4)

  
  1. *General practice here included family medicine and the practice without any specialist title.
  2. **Included only the board-certified specialists of family medicine.
  3. ***NA: not available.