Fact Based List:

Top 5 Conditions Reported in Hospital Emergency Department, among visits with conditions, 2008

  1. Trauma (27.2%)
  2. COPD, Asthma (7.5%)
  3. Other Heart Condition (5.2%)
  4. Acute Bronchitis & URI (3.5%)
  5. Intestinal Infection (3.2%)

Source: AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Statistical Brief #318. Expenses and Characteristics of Physician Visits in Different Ambulatory Care Settings, 2008.
Source URL: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st3...