In 2014, the most recent data available from the CDC,
Americans visited the emergency room 141 million times, with fewer than 8 % of these trips resulting in a hospital admission.
-- According to the National Floor Safety Institute, over 8 million
Americans visit the emergency room due to falling each year.
Not exact matches
Just 38 percent of
Americans said they could cover an unexpected
emergency room visit or even a $ 500 car repair with cash on hand in a checking or savings account, according to Bankrate, which commissioned the study.
Jain elaborated on those successes in an article in the Journal of the
American Medical Association last year, noting the efficiencies lead to better outcomes for patients, who can more reliably receive routine medical care and stay out of
emergency rooms; doctors, who can more easily manage patients» chronic conditions; and cost - savings for the broader medical system, as managing chronic disease is substantially cheaper than repeated ER
visits.
Over 270,000
Americans are expected to
visit hospital
emergency rooms after suffering winter sports - related injuries this year.
In fact, according to the
American Association of Pediatrics, there were more than 8,000
visits to
emergency rooms due to injuries related to using a walker.
Statistics from the
American Academy of Pediatrics show children injured by shopping carts make 24,000
visits to
emergency rooms each year.
A new report published in JAMA: The Journal of the
American Medical Association earlier this month found that head injuries led an estimated 2.5 million people to
visit a U.S.
emergency room in 2010, and about one third of the cases were children.
Only 38 percent of
Americans have enough money saved up to cover an unexpected expense such as a $ 1,000
emergency room visit or a $ 500 car repair, Bankrate found.
According to the
American Family Physician, dog bite wounds are also responsible for one percent of all injury - related
visits to the
emergency room.