In October, I was speaking at Children’s Medical Center at Legacy about data results on emergency room (ER) overcrowding in North Texas. Generally, people expect uninsured, Medicare and Medicaid patients to make more ER visits due to their lack of access to a primary healthcare provider. We also discussed the excessive use of the ER […]
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Foundation White Paper on ER visits now available
Following an extensive effort to investigate North Texas Emergency Room (ER) usage, the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation (DFWHC Foundation) has announced the release of its new white paper “Emergency Room Visits in North Texas: A Comprehensive Overview and Frequent Flyer Analysis to Identify Disparities.” Before examining area ER usage, information was extracted from the […]