National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 1994 Emergency Department Summary Advance Data 275. An estimated 93.4 million visits or approximately 36.0 visits per 100 persons were made to hospital emergency departments (EDs) of non-Federal, short-stay, or general hospitals according to a recent report from the National Center for Health Statistics. This report titled National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 1994 Emergency Department Summary presents data on ED visits from the 1994 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. This survey is a national probability survey conducted by the Division of Health Care Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data Highlights: One-fourth of all ED visits were made by children under 15 years of age. Approximately 39.6 million ED visits were caused by injuries -- about 15.3 visits per 100 persons. Injury-related visits represent two-fifths of all ED utilization.
Stomach and abdominal pain and
cramps and spasms were the most frequently mentioned principal reasons for visits to the
ED. Approximately 12 percent of ED visits resulted in a hospital admission.
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