Friday, March 29, 2013

Unneeded Emergency Department Visits?

Comparison Of Presenting Complaint VS Discharge Diagnosis For Identifying "Nonemergency" Emergency Department Visits.  JAMA.  March 20, 2013.

The Cost Of Emergency Room Cost Cutting by Pauline W. Chen, M.D.  Well Blog.  The New York Times.  March 28, 2013.

Emergency room cost cutting based upon the assumption that patients abuse the facility to obtain non-emergency service may be misplaced, according to this article and study.  Non-emergency and emergency medical conditions may present in a similar manner.  It is often beyond the patient's ability to distinguish between the two.

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