Health Policy Resources Center, American Dental Association, Chicago, IL 60611-2678, USA.
J Public Health Dent. 2012 Summer;72(3):216-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2012.00339.x. Epub 2012 Apr 27.
The author focused on recent national trends in dental emergency department (ED) visits. Patients who presented at an ED for a dental condition are described and the author look at the extent to which these patients have changed over time.
This study was based on the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, a national probability survey of hospital ED visits. A dental ED visit was defined using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition, Clinical Modification diagnostic codes.
Between 1997/1998 and 2007/2008, dental ED visits increased from 1.15 to 1.87 percent of total ED visits. The largest increase in the number of dental ED visits per 1,000 persons was found for young adults 20-34 years old. Primary payer, a measure of insurance status, suggests that patients from all income levels participated in the increase.
Although dental-related ED visits account for a relatively small percentage of total ED visits, both the number and the percentage of such visits grew from 1997/1998 to 2007/2008. Young adults 20-34 years old were most likely to present at an ED with a dental problem.
作者关注了最近全国范围内牙科急诊（ED）就诊的趋势。本文对 ED 因牙科疾病就诊的患者进行了描述，并分析了这些患者随时间推移的变化情况。
本研究基于全国门诊医疗调查，这是一项对医院 ED 就诊情况的全国概率抽样调查。使用国际疾病分类，第九版，临床修正诊断代码来定义牙科 ED 就诊。
1997/1998 年至 2007/2008 年，牙科 ED 就诊占 ED 总就诊的比例从 1.15%增加到 1.87%。每 1000 人中牙科 ED 就诊人数增加最多的是 20-34 岁的年轻人。初级支付人，衡量保险状况的指标，表明所有收入水平的患者都参与了这一增长。
尽管与牙科相关的 ED 就诊仅占 ED 总就诊的一小部分，但从 1997/1998 年到 2007/2008 年，此类就诊的数量和比例都有所增加。20-34 岁的年轻人最有可能因牙科问题到 ED 就诊。
