Two identical patients go to two different hospital emergency entrances, complaining of the same symptoms. It sounds like the setup for a joke. But what happens next is no laughing matter, according to a new University of Michigan study published in the September issue of emHealth Affairs/em. While one patient may get treated and released from the emergency department, the other gets sent upstairs to a hospital bed - at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars. ...Sunday 14 September 2014
Variation in Hospitalizations from Emergency Room Costs Billions
Two identical patients go to two different hospital emergency entrances, complaining of the same symptoms. It sounds like the setup for a joke. But what happens next is no laughing matter, according to a new University of Michigan study published in the September issue of emHealth Affairs/em. While one patient may get treated and released from the emergency department, the other gets sent upstairs to a hospital bed - at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars. ...
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