Emergency Department Visits

• Number of visits: 130.0 million
• Number of injury-related visits: 35.0 million
• Number of visits per 100 persons: 40.4
• Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission: 16.2 million
• Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 2.3 million
• Percent of visits with patient seen in fewer than 15 minutes: 43.5%
• Percent of visits resulting in hospital admission: 12.4%
• Percent of visits resulting in transfer to a different (psychiatric or other) hospital: 2.3%

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2018 National Summary Tables, table 1, 4, 14, 24, 25pdf icon

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