Table 1.
Summary of medical care in 2016 and 2017.
| Quantity | Value |
|---|---|
| Rate of visits to physicians’ offices and hospital outpatient departments | 85.1% saw any physician 2016 |
| Rate of visits to hospital emergency departments | 0.43–2017 visits per year per person |
| Rate of admissions to community hospitals | 8.7% admitted to hospital 2016 |
| Fraction of emergency department patients arriving by ambulance | 39% − 2017 |
| Fraction of emergency department patients requiring hospital admission | 8.7% 2016 |
| Fraction of emergency department visits dead on arrival or dying in the emergency department | 1.8% − 2017 |
| Fraction of hospital inpatients dying | 0.2% in ED 2016 |
| Average time spent in emergency department | 2–4 h (most patients spent) 2016 |
| Average hospital length of stay | 3–4 days (most patients stayed) 2016 |
| Number of staffed community hospital beds | 0.0028 beds per person |
| Occupancy rate for community hospital beds | 66% |