Schizophrenia emergency department visits by payer U.S. 2009-2011

This statistic shows the emergency department visit percentage of adult schizophrenia patients and all other patients in the U.S., based on the primary source of payment, for the period 2009-2011. Around 40 percent of schizophrenia patients' ED visits payments were covered by Medicaid.

Emergency department visits due to schizophrenia among U.S. adults in 2009-2011, by primary payer*

Characteristic	Dual Medicare and Medicaid	Medicare	Medicaid	No insurance	Private insurance**	Other or unknown
Schizophrenia-related visits	14.5%	15%	40.2%	15.8%	-	8.8%
All other visits	3.5%	5.2%	23.2%	22.8%	34.3%	11%

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Release date

September 2015

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2009 to 2011

Age group

18-64 years

Supplementary notes

* Expected primary payer. Based on 3-year annual averages. Emergency department visits related to schizophrenia are defined as code 295 of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification for any of the up to three collected visit diagnoses. Medicaid includes the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
“Other or unknown” includes workers’ compensation, other source of payment, and unknown or blank.
** Figure for schizophrenia patients does not meet standards of reliability or precision.

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