Estimates of Emergency Department Visits in the United States from 2016-2022

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Health Statistics

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Center for Health Statistics. Estimates of Emergency Department Visits in the United States from 2016-2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-01-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/E243221V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Estimates of Emergency Department Visits in the United States from 2016-2022
Summary:  View help for Summary The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), collects annual data on visits to emergency departments to describe patterns of utilization and provision of ambulatory care delivery in the United States. Data are collected from nonfederal, general, and short-stay hospitals from all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, and are used to develop nationally representative estimates. The data include counts and rates of emergency department visits from 2016-2022 for the 10 leading primary diagnoses and reasons for visit, stratified by selected patient and hospital characteristics. Rankings for the 10 leading categories were identified using weighted data from 2022 and were then assessed in prior years. Read less
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://data.cdc.gov/National-Center-for-Health-Statistics/Estimates-of-Emergency-Department-Visits-in-the-Un/ycxr-emue/about_data

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms emergency department; national hospital ambulatory medical care survey; reason for visit; primary diagnosis
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