The report, “Emergency Room Use Among Adults Aged 18-64: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2011,” also found 48 percent of respondents visited the ER because the physician’s office was not open and 46.3 percent because there was no other place to go. In contrast, 66 percent of the 18- to 64-year old ER patients went due to the seriousness of the medical problem and 54.5 percent said they went because “only a hospital could help.”
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