The Costs of US Emergency Department Visits
Rita Rubin
Abstract
The US population made 144.8 million emergency department (ED) visits in 2017, costing a total of $76.3 billion, estimated a recent statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).
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MedicineEmergency departmentHealthcare Cost and Utilization ProjectMedical emergencyActivity-based costingHealth careAgency (philosophy)PopulationEmergency medicineEnvironmental healthNursingEconomic growthBusinessMarketingEpistemologyPhilosophyEconomicsEmergency and Acute Care StudiesTrauma and Emergency Care Studies