Why Emergency Rooms Are Packed, Ctd

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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...

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Published on September 09, 2010 18:22
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