Indiana Univ study shows that only 71 percent of patients age 65 or older who are referred to a specialist are actually scheduled to be seen by that physician. Furthermore, only 70 percent of those with an appointment actually went to the specialist’s office. Thus, only 50 percent (70 percent of 71 percent) of those [...]
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My ER Wait Times Experiment
Last year, I became interested in emergency room wait times when a family member needed medical attention but did not want to spend his day waiting for treatment. I had recently seen an article about the growing number of hospitals publishing their wait times online, but since that information is scattered across multiple sites, I found [...]
