Emergency Department Visits
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of visits: 139.8 million
- Number of injury-related visits (includes poisoning and adverse effects): 40.0 million
- Number of visits per 100 persons: 42.7
- Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission: 18.3 million
- Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 2.8 million
- Percent of visits with patient seen in fewer than 15 minutes: 41.8%
- Percent of visits resulting in hospital admission: 13.1%
- Percent of visits resulting in transfer to a different (psychiatric or other) hospital: 2.4%
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