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Emergency Department visits: Percent ED visits where patient was admitted to the hospital or transferred to other facility whose ED visit was greater than or equal to 6 hours
Measure Source
National Center for Health Statistics.
Table
3.7 Percent of emergency department visits where patient was admitted to the hospital or transferred to other facility whose emergency department visit was greater than or equal to 6 hours, United States, 2000-2001 and 2002-2003.
Data Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS).
Denominator
Visits to the emergency departments (ED) and later admitted to the hospital or ICU/CCU, or transferred to other facility.
Numerator
Subset of the denominator with those who stayed in emergent/urgent care for 6 hours or more.
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