Racial and Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Visits Related to Substance Use Disorders, 2019
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Description
Explores emergency department (ED) visits related to
substance use disorders (SUD) using data from the 2019
Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS). Presents the
number and percentage of SUD-related ED visits by race and
ethnicity for selected patient characteristics, including
sex, age group, rural/urban location, and the social
vulnerability of the county in which the individual
resides.
Date
12/2022
Organization
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Tagged as
Emergency department and urgent care services
· Hospitals
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data
· Substance use and misuse