Reposted by Rocio Santamaria
people with colds & ankle sprains "who don't need to be there" are not why ERs are busy or you wait time is long and they do need to be there
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On "unnecessary" ED visits: background reading
Here are a bunch of very informative pieces on why trying to blame excessive costs or busy-ness on low acuity patients in the ED is, at be...