Emergency Department Visits and Proximity to Patients’ Residences, 2009–2010

Amy M. Brown,; Sandra L. Decker,; Frederick W. Selck

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Emergency Department Visits and Proximity to Patients’ Residences, 2009–2010

Public Domain

2015
By Amy M. Brown, ; Sandra L. Decker, ; Frederick W. Selck
Series: NCHS Data Briefs

File Language:

English

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Personal Author:

Amy M. Brown, ; Sandra L. Decker, ; Frederick W. Selck
Corporate Authors:

National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
Description:

This report examines which emergency department (ED) patients visit, how often patients go to the ED closest to their home, and how differences in geography, patient demographics, and hospital characteristics

are associated with ED selection patterns for 2009–2010.
Keywords:

Distance, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Source:

National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Series:

NCHS Data Briefs
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Report ; Statistics
Place as Subject:

United States
Pages in Document:

8 pdf pages
Issue:

192
Collection(s):

National Center for Health Statistics
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha-512:6eaf3d24c2989cdf9549f6758c907bf74eb9d3d6d33db4de172f4f55025c30572c2af167ca001662c397c02b939fb6b625ab70b2d80ef23c50fe94192728a12e
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/255988/cdc_255988_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 319.12 KB ]

File Language:

English

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