In emergency departments across the United States, visit rate was highest among patients who paid through Medicaid, CHIP, or another state-based program. On the other hand, those with private insurance had a much lower ED visit rate.
Number of emergency department visits per 100 people in the United States in 2021, by primary expected source of payment
* Medicaid, CHIP, and other state-based programs.
The source adds the following information: "Data are based on a sample of 16,207 emergency department visits made by patients in 2021, representing about 140
million emergency department visits. Visit rates are based on the July 1, 2021, set of estimates of the U.S. civilian
noninstitutionalized population developed by the U.S. Census Bureau"
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