How Many ED Visits Are for Pneumonia?

From July 2006 through June 2009 in the United States, emergency department visits for pneumonia accounted for 2.2 percent of all ED visits, according to a study in Academic Emergency Medicine.

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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