atient' Trend y Patients Does Not Add Up
reform legislation applies this standard to virtually all health plans. Patients should not be diagnosing themselves. “Considering that two‐thirds of all emergency visits occur after normal business hours, most of these patients have no place to turn for care other than the ER. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation cast doubt on the idea that diverting non‐ urgent patients from the emergency department ‘to other set‐ tings would produce significant cost savings.’" In addition, Dr. Schneider said the “Report on Frequent Users of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina” is inaccurate when it says the proportion of non‐urgent visits has increased nationwide. The percentage of non‐urgent patients actually has declined for 3 years to less than 8 percent in 2007, according to the CDC.
ACEP is a national medical specialty society representing emergency medicine. ACEP is committed to advancing emer‐ gency care through continuing education, research and public education. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, ACEP has 53 chap‐ ters representing each state, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. A Government Services Chapter repre‐ sents emergency physicians employed by military branches and other government agencies.
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