Articles: emergency-services.
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The Cost Shifting Economics of United States Emergency Department Professional Services (2016-2019).
We estimate the economics of US emergency department (ED) professional services, which is increasingly under strain given the longstanding effect of unreimbursed care, and falling Medicare and commercial payments. ⋯ Large cost-shifting from commercial insurance cross-subsidizes ED professional services for other patients. This includes the Medicaid-insured, Medicare-insured, and uninsured, all of whom incur ED professional service costs that substantially exceed their revenue. Foregone revenue for treating the uninsured relative to what may have been collected if patients had health insurance is substantial.
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Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2023
Medical student deployment to a single metropolitan hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods analysis.
To explore student and staff satisfaction with the use of medical students as a surge workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. ⋯ The results of the present study provide insight into the use of medical students as an emergency surge workforce. Responses from medical students and staff suggested that the project was beneficial for both groups as well as for overall departmental performance. These findings are likely to be translatable beyond the COVID-19 pandemic setting.
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Observational Study
Comparison of syncope risk scores in predicting the prognosis of patients presenting to the emergency department with syncope.
Various scores have been derived for the assessment of syncope patients in the emergency department (ED). ⋯ The CSRS may be used as a safety risk score for a 30-day risk of MACE and mortality after discharge from the emergency department.
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Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2023
Editorial CommentVirtual emergency department: It is not all in the name.