Trends in Hospital Emergency Department Utilization: United States, 1992-99 Series 13, No. 150. Trends in Hospital Emergency Department Utilization: United States, 1992-99. 42 pp. (PHS) 2000-1721.View/download PDF 3.6 KB Hospital emergency departments (ED’s) account for about 10 percent of all ambulatory medical care in the United States. According to a new report released by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), there were over 102 million visits to the ED’s of non-Federal, short-stay hospitals in the United States. ED’s offer a wide variety of medical care including providing stabilization for critically ill patients, rapid processing and treatment for injuries from trauma incidents, and medical treatment for less urgent conditions including chronic and acute illnesses and minor injuries. Data Highlights: Keywords: emergency department visits, diagnoses, trends, health policy
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