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. 2022 Nov:(452):1-8.

Emergency Department Visit Rates by Selected Characteristics: United States, 2020

Christopher Cairns, Jill J Ashman, J M King
  • PMID: 36453979
Free article

Emergency Department Visit Rates by Selected Characteristics: United States, 2020

Christopher Cairns et al. NCHS Data Brief. 2022 Nov.
Free article

Abstract

In 2020, an estimated 131 million emergency department (ED) visits occurred in the United States, with 19.0% of adults reporting a visit and 4.7% of children reporting two or more visits in the past 12 months (1-3). In that time, over 20 million cases of COVID-19 caused a disruption in access to and use of care (4). This report presents characteristics of ED visits, including those with mentions of COVID-19, by age group, sex, race and ethnicity, and primary expected source of payment, using data from the 2020 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)(5).

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