Researchers identified the rate of pneumonia ED visits using the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample. Each year over the three-year study period, approximately seven to eight patients per 1,000 persons visited the ED for pneumonia. Overall, 39.3 percent of these visits were managed as “treat-and-release” outpatient visits, according to the study.
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