ER visits news from FierceHealthcare
NewsState limits non-urgent ER vists to save $34M
Hospitals have been trying different tactics to reduce emergency room (ER) visits. Now, state governments are getting in on the act by restricting the number of government-insured patients who can Read more...
Uninsured don't use ER more than insured, but Medicaid patients do
People without insurance were about as likely to use the emergency room as those with private health insurance in 2007, with utilization rates only a few percentage points higher, according to a new Read more...
Study: ER boarding, staff shortages common
Over time, we've shared a variety of studies with statistics that prove that the U.S. is having problems with its emergency departments. The thing is, most drew their conclusions from databases and Read more...
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