Study: 9% of Veterans Affairs Patients Visited ED Once in 2010

Nearly 9 percent of Veterans Health Administration patients visited an emergency department once in 2010, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Researchers analyzed national VHA databases to identify ED utilization by VHA patients in 2010. They found the following results:

•    83.2 percent of patients did not visit the ED
•    8.9 percent of patients visited once
•    6.4 percent of patients had two to four visits
•    1.3 percent of patients had five to 10 visits
•    0.2 percent had 11 to 25 visits
•    0.01 percent had more than 25 visits

Patients who frequently visited the ED had high levels of psychosocial and medical needs, according to the study.

More Articles on ED Utilization:

Study: Return ED Visits Account for Half of Patient Returns to Acute-Level Care
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Study: ED Discharge Diagnoses Fail to Identify "Non-Emergency" Visits

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