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.
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