Healthcare spending in U.S. emergency departments by health condition, 2006-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare spending in the emergency department (ED) setting has received intense focus from policymakers in the United States (U.S.). Relatively few studies have systematically evaluated ED spending over time or disaggregated ED spending by policy-relevant groups, including health condition, age, sex, and payer to inform these discussions. This study's objective is to estimate ED spending trends in the U.S. from 2006 to 2016, by age, sex, payer, and across 154 health conditions and assess ED spending per visit over time.

Methods and findings

This observational study utilized the National Emergency Department Sample, a nationally representative sample of hospital-based ED visits in the U.S. to measure healthcare spending for ED care. All spending estimates were ad

SUBMITTER: Scott KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8550368 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature