Emergency Department Visits

• Number of visits: 141.4 million
• Number of injury-related visits: 40.0 million
• Number of visits per 100 persons: 45.1
• Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission: 11.2 million
• Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 1.8 million
• Percent of visits with patient seen in fewer than 15 minutes: 32.2%
• Percent of visits resulting in hospital admission: 7.9%
• Percent of visits resulting in transfer to a different (psychiatric or other) hospital: 1.9%

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2014 Emergency Department Summary Tables, tables 1, 4, 15, 25, 26 [PDF – 1.9 MB]