Reasons for Emergency Room Use Among U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2012

This report released on July 15, 2014, was written by Renee M. Gindi, Ph.D., and Lindsey I. Jones, M.P.H. of the National Center for Health Statistics in the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The authors analyzed data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to assess primary reasons for children’s visits to emergency departments. Previous research about adults found that most visits occurred because “only a hospital could help,” or the “doctor’s office [was] not open.” This report is intended to provide comparable statistics on reasons for children’s visits. The . . .