Level 2 may be for a cut that requires stitches while level 5 is for more severe problems like a broken bone.
Level 1 emergency room visit.
National health interview survey 2013 and 2014 pdf icon pdf 348 kb emergency department visits for injury and illness in persons aged 65 and over.
Usually associated with a teaching hospital.
Severity level 5.
Reasons for emergency room use among u s.
Resources within the hospital diagnostic and intensive care units can continue to care for these patients.
And medical decision making of high complexity.
At dartmouth hitchcock medical center a low level emergency room visit costs about 220 including hospital charge and doctor fee with the uninsured discount while a moderate level visit costs about 610 and a high level visit about 1 400.
There is a lack of studies examining distinctions between patients assigned to level 2 high risk and level 3 lower risk in the 5 level esi triage system.
Describing patients assigned to level 2 and level 3 may identify unique characteristics related to chief complaint interventions and resourc.
Level 1 is for minor problems such as an earache.
Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management of a patient which requires these 3 key components within the constraints imposed by the urgency of the patient s clinical condition and or mental status.
Services diagnostic tests and laboratory fees add to the final bill.
Normally emergency room patients receive one of five levels of care.