Term: Ambulatory Visits - Primary Care Provider / Ambulatory Primary Care Visits

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2020-05-20

Definition:

Ambulatory visits – Primary care provider is defined as the number visits to a primary care provider in an outpatient setting. Primary care providers are professionals that provide primary care services to patients. In MCHP research, primary care providers include Family Physicians (FP) and Nurse Practitioners. Outpatient settings generally include office visits, walk-in clinics and home visits. Visits by patients who are inpatients (admitted to an acute care hospital or personal care home) are not considered ambulatory visits. Outpatient surgeries and diagnostic tests and procedures are also not considered ambulatory visits.

For more information see:

1. Ambulatory Primary Care Visits from Katz et al. (2019) deliverable and
   
   Technical Definitions of Indicators and Drug Codes from online supplement material from Katz et al. (2019).
   
   
2. Read the Ambulatory Visits concept.

Note: Ambulatory Visits - Primary Care Provider has also been referred to as "Ambulatory Primary Care Visits" and "Ambulatory Visits to Physicians and Nurse Practitioners" (Fransoo et al. (2019)).

Note: Nurse Practitioners started being recorded in Medical Services Data in 2005.

Related concepts 

• Ambulatory Visits

Related terms 

• Ambulatory Care Physician Visits
• Ambulatory Visits - Physician
• Ambulatory Visits by Age and Sex
• Ambulatory Visits to Specialists / Ambulatory Specialist Visits
• Causes of Ambulatory Visits
• Family Physician (FP) / Family Physicians
• Location of Visits to Physicians / Primary Care Providers
• Nurse Practitioner / Nurse Practitioners
• Primary Care
• Primary Care Providers
• Use of / Access to Physicians / Primary Care Providers

References 

• Chateau D, Doupe M, Prior H, Soodeen RA, Sarkar J, Dragan R, Stevenson D, Rajotte L. The Health Status of Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2019. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Fransoo R, Mahar A, The Need to Know Team, Anderson A, Prior H, Koseva I, McCulloch S, Jarmasz J, Burchill S. The 2019 RHA Indicators Atlas. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2019. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Katz A, Avery Kinew K, Star L, Taylor C, Koseva I, Lavoie J, Burchill C, Urquia M, Basham A, Rajotte L, Ramayanam V, Jarmasz J, Burchill S. The Health Status of and Access to Healthcare by Registered First Nation Peoples in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2019. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)