Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Associated with Animal Injuries, 2009

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This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) on treat and release emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations (which may have begun in the ED) in 2009, resulting from animal-related bites, stings, and other injuries. All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better.