Of all emergency department visits, 1.5 percent resulted in a transfer to another acute-care facility in 2009, according to a statistical brief from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
In 2009, there were an estimated 128 million ED visits, of which 1.8 million resulted in a transfer to another acute-care hospital.
Significant characteristics of the ED encounters that resulted in a transfer, according to the brief, were:
• More than 5 percent of those transferred were over the age of 65 years.
• 2.5 percent of those transferred were covered by Medicare, and 1.5 percent were covered by private insurance.
• 1.2 percent of those transferred lived in the suburbs.
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In 2009, there were an estimated 128 million ED visits, of which 1.8 million resulted in a transfer to another acute-care hospital.
Significant characteristics of the ED encounters that resulted in a transfer, according to the brief, were:
• More than 5 percent of those transferred were over the age of 65 years.
• 2.5 percent of those transferred were covered by Medicare, and 1.5 percent were covered by private insurance.
• 1.2 percent of those transferred lived in the suburbs.
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