| The Crisis in America’s Emergency Rooms and What Can Be Done
O’Shea, John S.
The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder #2092, December 28, 2007, online edition, 21p
"State and federal officials can reduce the burden on emergency departments by expanding patient access to private health insurance, separating emergency services planning from hospital planning, promoting private-sector alternatives for urgent care, and freeing hospitals to specialize in non-emergency medical care, but reform of emergency medical systems should be primarily a state responsibility." John S. O’Shea, M.D., is Health Policy Fellow in the Center for Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation.
Go to the report at:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/upload/bg_2092.pdf
C35/07-07. Posted January 10, 2008
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