Hospital Emergency Departments Treat Mostly Poor Children, USA

Lower-income children made almost twice as many visits to hospital emergency departments than higher-income children in 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ’s analysis compared rates of emergency room visits by children from low-income communities, where the average household income was $36,999, with those of children from high-income communities with an average household income of over $61,000.

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Filed under: Pediatrics on May 22nd, 2008