Open AccessUS emergency department costs: no emergency.
Author(s) -
Patrick H. Tyrance,
David U. Himmelstein,
Steffie Woolhandler
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.86.11.1527
Subject(s) - emergency department , health care , population , medicine , medical care , medical emergency , ambulatory care , total cost , medical expenditure panel survey , economic cost , environmental health , health insurance , emergency medicine , family medicine , business , economics , economic growth , psychiatry , neoclassical economics , accounting
Many perceive emergency department (ED) overuse as an important cause of high medical care costs in the United States. Managed care plans and politicians have seen constraints on ED use as an important element of cost control.