Hospital-Based Emergency Departments: Background and Policy Considerations
Description:
This report describes Emergency departments (EDs), the role they play in the health care delivery system, and current federal involvement in supporting EDs. It then discusses the causes and consequences of three commonly identified and interrelated challenges that EDs face: (1) crowding, (2) providing repeat care to a subset of patients who are frequent users, and (3) providing care to a large population who have behavioral health conditions when an ED lacks the appropriate resources to provide…
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Date:
December 8, 2014
Creator:
Heisler, Elayne J. & Tyler, Nancy Leigh
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department