Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article.
How much does the emergency department contribute to health care delivery in the United States? Do our policies reflect the emergency department’s current role?
A recent study assessed the contribution of emergency departments to the health care received in the United States compared to that of other outpatient and inpatient services from 1996 to 2010.1 Using data from two nationally representative samples, the authors found that emergency departments accounted for 47.7 percent of non-federal hospital–associated medical care, with that percentage steadily increasing over the study period.
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