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Publisher's site:
https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:114424
Personal Author:
Cairns, Christopher ; Ashman, Jill J. ; Kang, Kai
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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.

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Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Emergency Service, Hospital
Ethnicity
Health Care Surveys
Humans

Series:
NCHS data brief ; no. 434
Document Type:
Journal issue
Name as Subject:
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (U.S.)
Genre:
Statistics
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:c74ce32db055f3b12d207b5eb2cc47ad55d82d4d62cbfef0991500968b0bbda8
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