Policy and Administration
Avoidable ED Visits: Identification over Quantification
Avoidable Emergency Department (ED) visits are difficult to define but of vital interest to ED reimbursement and profit. A newly released study1 from UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine estimated “avoidable” visits comprise 3.3% of ED visits. Some have hailed the study as evidence that avoidable ED visits are a “myth,” Read more…