National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2003 Emergency Department Summary
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This May 2005 summary report describes ambulatory care visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the United States. Statistics are presented on selected hospital, patient, and visit characteristics. Selected trends in ED utilization from 1993 to 2003 are also presented.
According to the report (for which the survey timeline was 1993 to 2003), the following statistics support the notion that Emergency Departments in the United States are in the middle of a crisis:
- During 1993-2003, the number of ED visits increased by 26 percent — an average increase of almost 2 million visits per year.
- During this same time period, the number of hospital EDs in the US decreased by about 12.3 percent.
Citation: McCaig LF, Burt CW. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2003 emergency department summary. Advance data from vital and health statistics; no. 358. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; May 2005.
A PDF of the full-text report is available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website:
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