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Almost Half of Hospitals Experience Crowded Emergency Departments For Immediate Release: September 27, 2006 Contact: CDC
National Center for Health Statistics Press Office (301) 458-4800 Staffing, Capacity,
and Ambulance Diversion in Emergency Departments: United States, 2003-04.
Advance Data 376. 24 pp. (PHS) 2006-1250.
Between 40 percent and 50 percent of U.S. hospitals experience crowded conditions in the emergency department (ED) with almost two-thirds of metropolitan EDs experiencing crowding at times, according to a new report issued today by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. The report, entitled "Staffing, Capacity, and Ambulance Diversion in Emergency Departments: United States, 2003-04," contains a number of findings, including:
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