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ER revisits: Major financial drain on healthcare system

June 23, 2015

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Hospitals are always looking for ways to cut costs. One way to do this — reduce unnecessary revisits to your emergency room (ER). Don’t think your facility has a big problem with that?

You may want to check in with your neighboring facilities.

A new study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, suggests patients return to ERs for the same complaint more often than you think, and they frequently end up at a different ER on the second visit.

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