Fact Based List:

Top 5 Conditions Reported in Office-Based Settings, among visits with conditions, 2008

  1. Hypertension (8.5%)
  2. Mental Disorders (6.8%)
  3. Trauma (6.7%)
  4. COPD, Asthma (6.5%)
  5. Cancer (6.1%)

Source: AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Statistical Brief #318. Expenses and Characteristics of Physician Visits in Different Ambulatory Care Settings, 2008.
Source URL: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st3...