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I’m curious why you think this. When last I looked, a very large percentage of medical care was urgent care; in several demographics, it was a large majority.
by c256 9y ago
I’m curious why you think this. When last I looked, a very large percentage of medical care was urgent care; in several demographics, it was a large majority.
There are a variety of ways of measuring ‘how much’ medical care is given, which has a big impact on how things compare. Cost per capital, for example, is a fairly intuitive measurement and it skews heavily towards urgent care.
- Consultant32452 9y agoThe study cited in this article suggests emergency care accounts for just 2% of all healthcare costs. There's some other ways it could be calculated, but it's definitely not getting out of the single digits. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/oct/28/nick-gillespie/does-emergency-care-account-just-2-percent-all-hea/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/oct/...