Emergency department visit rates by selected characteristics: United States, 2019

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• Personal Author:
  Cairns, Christopher ; Ashman, Jill J. ; Kang, Kai
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  TKey findings ; Data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2019 ; • The overall emergency department (ED) visit rate (47 visits per 100 people in 2019) and visit rates by metropolitan statistical area (MSA) status did not change between 2009 and 2019. ; • The ED visit rate was highest for infants under age 1 year (123 visits per 100 people) followed by adults aged 75 years and over (66 per 100). ; • The ED visit rate for non-Hispanic Black people (87 visits per 100 people) was higher than the rate for people from all other racial and ethnic groups. ; • The ED visit rate for patients with private insurance was lowest, while the rate for patients with Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program/State Children's Health Insurance Program ; was highest compared with all other primary expected sources of payment. ; Suggested citation: Cairns C, Ashman JJ, Kang K. Emergency department visit rates by selected characteristics: United States, 2019. NCHS Data Brief, no 434. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/ cdc:114424. ; CS329656
• Source:
  National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Issue:
  434
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/114424/cdc_114424_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 425.41 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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