Health policy

Emergency department utilization and its impact on health care reform

by James P. Davison, DO Emergency department utilization and its impact on health care reform legislation has been a hot topic of conversation in healthcare journals and the blogosphere. It is a tenet of the currant legislation that ER visits…

by James P. Davison, DO

Emergency department utilization and its impact on health care reform legislation has been a hot topic of conversation in healthcare journals and the blogosphere. It is a tenet of the currant legislation that ER visits and cost growth will go down, contributing to a decreased health cost growth curve.

Opponents state the newly insured will flock to the nation’s emergency rooms. Proponents …

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Emergency department utilization and its impact on health care reform