Emergency Department Death Rates Dropped By Nearly 50 Percent, 1997-2011

Hemal K Kanzaria; Marc A Probst; Renee Y Hsia

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1394

Emergency Department Death Rates Dropped By Nearly 50 Percent, 1997-2011

Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Jul 1;35(7):1303-8. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1394.

Authors

Hemal K Kanzaria¹, Marc A Probst², Renee Y Hsia³

Affiliations

¹ Hemal K. Kanzaria (Hemal.Kanzaria@ucsf.edu) is an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
² Marc A. Probst is an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York City.
³ Renee Y. Hsia is a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, both at UCSF.

Abstract

Between 1997 and 2011, there was a nearly 50 percent reduction in US emergency department mortality rates for adults. This trend likely has many causes, related to advances in palliative, prehospital, and emergency care.

Keywords: Critical Care; Emergency Department; Mortality; Palliative Care; Pre-Hospital.

Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Cause of Death
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Emergency Treatment / mortality*
Female
Health Care Surveys
Hospital Mortality / trends*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Quality Improvement*
Retrospective Studies
United States

Grants and funding

K12 HL109005/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States