An analysis of more than 1.6 million emergency department (ED) visits for acute pulmonary embolism (PE) found that nearly two-thirds of ED visits still resulted in hospitalization for low-risk patients.
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Medicaid Expansion Reduced Black-White Disparities in Preventable Hospital Visits
Improving access to care for underserved communities improved a crucial health measure.
Cancer Symptom Algorithm Presented in JNCCN Can Aid Doctors in Predicting Patients at Risk for Unplanned Emergency Visits
New research in the February 2023 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network illustrates how the use of an algorithm to calculate a patient-reported symptom complexity score can help oncologists identify patients who are at increased risk for unplanned visits to the emergency department (ED), creating the potential for additional proactive care, and the reduction of healthcare costs.