UTILIZATION INDICATORS Calendar Year 2015 ABOUT THIS REPORT The charts and tables in this publication are intended to provide aggregate and comparative data on healthcare facility utilization in the District of Columbia. The source of the data is the District of Columbia Hospital Association’s (DCHA) Monthly Utilization Survey and Quarterly Bed Capacity and Census Survey (self-reported by individual facilities). Data for 2014 may vary slightly from earlier publications due to clarification of data definitions and revisions of data by facilities. ISSUED / APRIL / 2016 EMERGENCY Emergency Department visits have increased steadily in the District of AMBULATORY Ambulatory Surgeries Columbia. In 2015, there were 18,350 (6.6%) more visits than in 2014. The DEPARTMENT 2015 number of Emergency Department visits was 7% greater than 5 years SURGERIES 2014 2015 % Change VISITS ago and 31% greater than 10 years ago. 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Children’s National Medical Center 11,743 11,901 1.35 EMERGENCY Emergency Department Visits 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DEPARTMENT VISITS George Washington University Hospital 15,146 15,797 4.30 2014 2015 % Change 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Howard University Hospital 6,504 6,488 -0.25 ACUTE CARE 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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital 8,114 8,306 2.37 Children's National Medical Center* 82,680 92,304 11.64 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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George Washington University Hospital 75,482 77,390 2.53 MedStar Washington Hospital Center 11,085 11,207 1.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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Howard University Hospital 52,949 49,790 -5.97 Providence Hospital 7,911 7,967 0.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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