Emergency Department Visits

• Number of visits: 139.0 million
• Number of injury-related visits: 40.0 million
• Number of visits per 100 persons: 43.3
• Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission: 14.5 million
• Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 2.0 million
• Percent of visits with patient seen in fewer than 15 minutes: 40.4%
• Percent of visits resulting in hospital admission: 10.4%
• Percent of visits resulting in transfer to a different (psychiatric or other) hospital: 2.2%

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2017 Emergency Department Summary Tables, tables 1, 4, 14, 24, 25 pdf icon[PDF – 863 KB]

• Hospital Utilization
• National Health Interview Survey
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• American Hospital Associationexternal icon