id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-001202-xcrshplk Yang, Nan-Ping Utilization of and Direct Expenditure for Emergency Medical Care in Taiwan: A Population-based Descriptive Study 2009-01-30 .txt text/plain 3589 190 52 Diagnoses of injury or poisoning; ill-defined symptoms, signs, or conditions; and diseases of the respiratory system were the 3 most common diagnostic categories in emergency units in Taiwan. 12 According to data from the 2002 US National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), children (<19 years) and seniors (65+ years) represented 27% and 15% of all 15 In an analysis of the category of injury/poisoning, young and middle-aged adults were the majority of those treated in EDs for injuries (33.1% and 26.0% in the age groups of 18-44 and 45-64 years, respectively). Data from the National Health Insurance of Taiwan on annual total medical insurance costs and ED-associated costs indicate that the percentage of the total NHI expenditure that was spent on NHI medical emergency care was 2.9% in each of the years from 2000 to 2003 and 3.1% in 2004. The epidemiology of emergency medical services use by older adults: an analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey ./cache/cord-001202-xcrshplk.txt ./txt/cord-001202-xcrshplk.txt