Time until admission to a psychiatric bed among behavioral health-related ED visits for adults, 2020-2024

A stacked bar chart showing the time until admission to a psychiatric bed among behavioral health-related ED visits for adults — 0-23 hours (in blue), 24-47 hours (in yellow), and 48+ hours (in red) — from 2020 through 2024.

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Notes: Numbers may not add up exactly to 100% due to rounding. Some observation stays at MGB hospitals were reported as ED visits prior to 2022 per CHIA findings. After HPC analysis of impact to the overall state boarding numbers, it was determined to keep MGB hospital discharge data in these analyses.

Chart: DANA GERBER/GLOBE STAFFSource: Massachusetts Health Policy Commission