by
Kristy Gonzalez Morganti, Sebastian Bauhoff, Janice C. Blanchard
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
This report explores the evolving role that hospital emergency departments play in the U.S. health care system. EDs evaluate and manage complex and high-acuity patients, are the major point of entry to inpatient care, and serve as "the safety net of the safety net" for patients who cannot get care elsewhere....