Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Admission Rates Among US Acute Care Hospitals

Michelle P Lin; Olesya Baker; Lynne D Richardson; Jeremiah D Schuur

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4725

Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Admission Rates Among US Acute Care Hospitals

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Dec 1;178(12):1708-1710. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4725.

Authors

Michelle P Lin¹, Olesya Baker², Lynne D Richardson^{1

3}, Jeremiah D Schuur^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This observational study describes trends in emergency department visits and admission rates among US acute care hospitals using data from the National Emergency Department Survey.

Publication types

Observational Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Facilities and Services Utilization
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Admission / statistics & numerical data*
Retrospective Studies
United States
Young Adult