Objective To examine current trends in the characteristics of patients visiting California
emergency departments (EDs) in order to better direct the allocation of acute care resources …

Emergency departments (EDs) provide a significant source of medical care in the United
States, with over 131 million total ED visits occurring in 2011. Over the past decade, the …

Background Emergency department (ED) utilization is a significant concern in many
countries, but few population‐based studies have compared ED use. Our objective was to …

There has been an overall increase in emergency department (ED) visits over the past two
decades. However, ED visits for specific conditions have shown varying patterns, and visits …

Background Demographic shifts and care delivery system evolution affect the number of
Emergency Department (ED) visits and associated costs. Recent aggregate trends in ED …

Importance Patterns in emergency department (ED) use by rural populations may be an
important indicator of the health care needs of individuals in the rural United States and may …

Background It is important that policy makers, health administrators, and emergency
physicians have up-to-date statistics on the most common diagnoses of patients seen in the …

Objectives Given increasing demand for emergency care, there is growing concern over the
availability of emergency department (ED) and inpatient resources. Existing studies of ED …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Descriptions of emergency department (ED) census often do not
differentiate between patients and encounters, and there is no guidance about which unit of …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Emergency departments (EDs) are an integral part of the US health
care system, and yet national data sources on the care received in the ED are poorly …