by bnations
18. October 2011 09:35
A common line you see written when discussing healthcare costs is that we need to use emergency rooms less. According to an article on www.fiercehealthcare.com this is not the trend.
Based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "visits to the ED jumped 10 percent in one year".
It's a new high of more than 136 million visits in 2009 the data suggest. So this raises questions as to why the trend is moving north when all the efforts being promoted in heathcare support a decrease in ED volume. The article then shares info with quotes from those speculating as to the cause of the trend. It certainly will get the attention of many healthcare futurists.