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Institute for Workplace Studies-----------------Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

 

NCHS DATA ONLINE QUERY SYSTEM (NCHS DOQS) [16 July 2014]

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/doqs/index.htm

 

Welcome! The National Center for Health Statistics Data Online Query System (NCHS DOQS) provides dynamically generated statistical tables, charts, and graphs using NCHS public use data.

The query system includes all data, search parameters, and output options necessary for custom queries of public health datasets. It does not require commercial statistical software packages (such as SAS or Stata) or file downloads. NCHS DOQS is available 24/7 free of charge.

Select a Dataset to Query:

 

• Emergency Department Visits  -- http://doqs.cdc.gov/NCHSDOQS/query/selection/ed/EDSelection.html

 

Emergency Department Visits

Dataset Overview

Emergency department (ED) visit data are from the emergency department component of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), which is conducted annually by the National Center for Health Statistics. NHAMCS is a national probability sample of visits to the emergency and outpatient departments of non-institutional general and short-stay hospitals, excluding Federal, military, and Veterans Administration hospitals, located in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Click on Additional Resources on the left navigation bar for more information. 

Basic Measures

Estimated Numbers of ED Visits

Estimated Percentage Distribution of ED Visits

Estimated Crude Rates of ED Visits

Estimated Age-adjusted Rates of ED Visits

 

 

 

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