Fact Based List:

Top 5 Conditions Reported in Hospital Outpatient Department, among conditions with visits, 2008

  1. Mental Disorders (14.7%)
  2. Cancer (13.2%)
  3. Trauma (7.7%)
  4. Kidney Disease (4.5%)
  5. Other Heart Condition (4.3%)

Source: AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Statistical Brief #318. Expenses and Characteristics of Physician Visits in Different Ambulatory Care Settings, 200
Source URL: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st3...