A reader writes:
People are kidding themselves if they think urgent care centers can"de-crowd" emergency departments. The latest number from the CDC onnon-urgent visits to ERs is less than 8 percent. Non-urgent means apatient who needs to be seen in 2-24 hours, mind you, not a patient whois there for a hangnail. Remove the 8 percent non-urgent patients fromAmerica's emergency departments and you still have 114 million peopleseeking emergency care every year, a number that is likely to...
Published on September 09, 2010 18:22