Injury Visits to Hospital Emergency Departments: United States, 1992-95 Ambulatory medical care, which occurs in a wide range of settings, is the predominant method of providing health care services for injuries. This report, "Injury Visits to Hospital Emergency Departments: United States, 1992-95," describes ambulatory care visits for injuries to hospital emergency departments in the United States. Statistics are presented on selected patient, hospital and visit characteristics. The data in this report were collected in the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). The NHAMCS is part of the ambulatory care component of the National Health Care Survey, which measures health care utilization across various types of providers. Data
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emergency department visits, diagnoses, injury,
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