ED visits up by 5.1 million according to COC report

摘要

Visits to hospital emergency departments increased by 5.1 million in 2005 to 115.3 million, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is an average of about 30,000 visits per ED, nearly one-third more than in 1995. The ED visit rate for patients without health insurance was abol1t twice that of those with private insurance, according to the report. Infants under age 1 had the highest visit rate by age. The leading diagnosis for children under 13 was acute upper respiratory infection.