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Trends: ED crowding may be pushing growth of urgent care centers
Over the past few years, emergency department crowding has grown steadily worse, with waits climbing to an average of 3.3 hours as of 2006, according to the CDC. Given these pressures on the ED,... Read more...
One system for poor, another for well-heeled
Does it make sense to break up the healthcare system into two tracks, one for patients who have the bucks for care and another for the poor? It does to Mark Moran, the interim chief executive officer... Read more...
