Emergency Department Visits

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

• Number of visits: 129.8 million
• Number of injury-related visits: 37.9 million
• Number of visits per 100 persons: 42.8
• Percent of visits with patient seen in fewer than 15 minutes: 25.1%
• Percent of visits resulting in hospital admission: 13.3%
• Percent of visits resulting in transfer to a different (psychiatric or other) hospital: 2.1%

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Emergency Department Summary Tables, tables 1, 4, 14, 24 [PDF - 481 KB]

 

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• Ambulatory care visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2011, table 96 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Availability of Pediatric Services and Equipment in Emergency Departments: United States, 2006 [PDF - 836 KB]
• Blood Pressure Measurements at Emergency Department Visits by Adults: United States, 2007-2008 [PDF - 695 KB]
• Emergency department visitors and visits: who used the emergency department in 2007? [PDF - 554 KB]
• Emergency Department Visits for Chest Pain and Abdominal Pain: United States, 1999-2008 [PDF - 709 KB]
• Injury-related visits to hospital emergency departments by sex, age, and intent and mechanisms of injury Health, United States, 2011, table 95 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Percent of adults with emergency department visits in the past 12 months according to selected characteristics Health, United States, 2011, table 94 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Percent of children with emergency department visits in the past 12 months by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2011, table 93 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
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