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Article: California Emergency Departments Generate Hospital Admissions Critical to Hospital Profitability.
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- July 23, 2003
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Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers
OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2003
California HealthCare Foundation Finds That, on Average, Emergency
Departments Generate 20% of a Hospital's Net Profits
The average non-trauma emergency department (ED) in California generates 20 percent of a hospital's profits, according to a new study commissioned by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) and conducted by the USC Center for Health Financing, Policy & Management. The issue brief California's Emergency Departments: Do They Contribute to Hospital Profitability? can be found online at www.chcf.org.
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