September 2025 Utilization Report

 

Points forts: Fig.1 below outlines the percentage change in monthly volumes for DC hospitals from August to September 2025 compared to a January 2020 pre-COVID baseline. This month all metrics show an increase in volumes compared to last month: observation admissions show the biggest improvement going from -8% below baseline in August to 2% over baseline in September, followed by emergency department visits showing an increase going from -27% in August to -21% in September. Psychiatric admissions went up from -22% below baseline last month to -18% this month, and acute care admissions and ambulatory surgery volumes show the smallest increase in number going from -14% in August to -13% in September, and -4% to -3% respectively.