August Physician Office Visits Data Improves Slightly From Deutsche Bank

According to Deutsche Bank's physician visit survery, although negative, data showed an improvement in August compared to July. Office visits were down 1.3% Y/Y vs. down 7.3% Y/Y in July. Although data may be skewed by August benefiting from an extra business day compared to last year, Deutsche Bank feels that QTD trends are in line to better, with the slightly improved August result. Deutsche Bank Current Ratings: Alliance HealthCare AIQ $4.31 HOLD Amsurg Corp AMSG $16.97 HOLD Quest Diagnostics Inc DGX $48.27 HOLD LabCorp of America LH $74.96 HOLD NovaMed Inc NOVAD $8.98 HOLD RadNet Inc RDNT $2.49 BUY