Table 1.
Number of Patients Seen and Disposition Rates from ED Stratified by Payer, Region, and Hospital Type
| |
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|
Disposition (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients per year | % of total ED visits for category | Home | Transfer | Admit | Died in ED | |
| Total |
1,231,355 |
0.99 |
79.65 |
1.13 |
19.21 |
0.005 |
| Payer | ||||||
| Medicare |
20,268 |
0.08 |
56.20 |
1.72 |
42.04 |
0.017 |
| Medicaid |
133,048 |
0.47 |
76.57 |
1.12 |
22.29 |
0.004 |
| Private |
639,871 |
1.50 |
84.47 |
1.06 |
14.45 |
0.003 |
| Self pay |
198,816 |
0.91 |
89.55 |
0.67 |
9.76 |
0.002 |
| Region | ||||||
| West |
212,923 |
0.96 |
80.12 |
0.99 |
18.89 |
0.004 |
| Midwest |
295,348 |
1.02 |
79.00 |
2.34 |
18.65 |
0.008 |
| South |
521,026 |
1.07 |
81.83 |
0.70 |
17.46 |
0.005 |
| Northeast |
202,058 |
0.83 |
74.49 |
0.62 |
24.88 |
0.002 |
| Hospital type | ||||||
| Metropolitan teaching |
412,937 |
0.86 |
76.92 |
0.79 |
22.27 |
0.006 |
| Metropolitan nonteaching |
590,260 |
1.12 |
79.81 |
0.90 |
19.29 |
0.005 |
| Nonmetropolitan | 228,158 | 0.97 | 84.18 | 2.33 | 13.49 | 0.002 |
ED=emergency department.