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Emergency department visit rates by selected characteristics: United States, 2019
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03/17/2022
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Series: NCHS Data Briefs
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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.
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