Costs of Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2017

STATISTICAL BRIEF #268December 2020Brian J. Moore, Ph.D., and Lan Liang, Ph.D.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Emergency department (ED) visits have grown in the United States, with the rate of increase from 1996 to 2013 exceeding that for hospital inpatient care.1 In 2017, 13.3 percent of the U.S. population incurred at least one expense for an ED visit . . .