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Study examines patterns of emergency care delivery in Indiana

Tuesday, 3 January 2012   (0 Comments)
Posted by: Sam Bruinewoud
News Medical - 21 Dec 2011

The first study to examine patterns of emergency care for an entire state has found that 40 percent of emergency department visits in Indiana over a three-year period were by patients who visited more than one emergency department. This finding challenges conventional wisdom that patients are tightly bound to health care systems and tend to repeatedly visit local facilities.

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