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Article: GAO: large communities with many insured see more ED crowding. (Industry Watch).(emergency departments)(Brief Article)
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- Healthcare Financial Management
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
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Hospitals experiencing the most problems with emergency-department (ED) crowding are located in large metropolitan areas with high population growth, according to a recent report issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO). In FY01, hospitals in areas with populations of 2.5 million or more experienced on average (median) 162 hours in which patients had to be diverted to other facilities, compared with nine hours for hospitals in areas with populations of less than 1 million. Hospitals in areas with higher percentages of uninsured had almost twice as high a median percentage of patients leaving the ED prior to medical evaluation, another measure of ED crowding ...
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