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Only if you have the sense to do that. Have you met many Americans? I don't know why, but the ER has become the default destination for anything medical for m

Only if you have the sense to do that. Have you met many Americans? I don't know why, but the ER has become the default destination for anything medical for many. There's no need to call ahead, they're open 24hrs! sigh

serf 7y ago
>Only if you have the sense to do that. Have you met many Americans? I don't know why this kind of 'American stereotyping' is okay. That aside, myself and my family ('Americans' in 'America') have physicians that we call when we have issues. That physician is generally the one to tell us what to do. Our situation isn't abnormal or unusual, either.
- DataWorker 7y ago
  Do you have hmo coverage? I think what you describe is increasingly anachronistic and may vanish completely in coming years, for a majority of Americans at least, depending on certain political outcomes.
- gvjddbnvdrbv 7y ago
  What do you do if you get sick on Christmas day? Everywhere I've lived the family doctor should be first contact but everyone seems to get sick at 5:30pm on Friday...
- newnewpdro 7y ago
  It's backed up by the statistics, and if you go do some searches for "emergency room unnecesary" and the like, you'll find plenty of articles on the subject. Number of visits: 145.6 million Number of injury-related visits: 42.2 million Number of visits per 100 persons: 45.8 Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission: 12.6 million Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 2.2 million [0] "71% of ED Visits Unnecessary, Avoidable" [1] If you're not familiar with Americans going to ERs "just to be safe" for the most frivolous reasons, because their insurance will pay for it, we're not living in the same country. With that sort of attitude being prevalent, it's easy to see how someone would go directly to the ER and spread something like this without giving it any thought. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/emergency-department.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/emergency-department.htm [1] https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-flow/study-71-of-ed-visits-unnecessary-avoidable.html https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-flow/study-71-...
Fomite 7y ago
The major driver of overuse of the ER is EMTALA, which means you're going to be treated without regard for your ability to pay in an ER. There's blame for that, but for many people with non-critical conditions in the ER, it's a rational choice.

serf 7y ago

>Only if you have the sense to do that. Have you met many Americans? I don't know why this kind of 'American stereotyping' is okay. That aside, myself and my family ('Americans' in 'America') have physicians that we call when we have issues. That physician is generally the one to tell us what to do. Our situation isn't abnormal or unusual, either.

DataWorker 7y ago
Do you have hmo coverage? I think what you describe is increasingly anachronistic and may vanish completely in coming years, for a majority of Americans at least, depending on certain political outcomes.
gvjddbnvdrbv 7y ago
What do you do if you get sick on Christmas day? Everywhere I've lived the family doctor should be first contact but everyone seems to get sick at 5:30pm on Friday...
newnewpdro 7y ago
It's backed up by the statistics, and if you go do some searches for "emergency room unnecesary" and the like, you'll find plenty of articles on the subject. Number of visits: 145.6 million Number of injury-related visits: 42.2 million Number of visits per 100 persons: 45.8 Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission: 12.6 million Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 2.2 million [0] "71% of ED Visits Unnecessary, Avoidable" [1] If you're not familiar with Americans going to ERs "just to be safe" for the most frivolous reasons, because their insurance will pay for it, we're not living in the same country. With that sort of attitude being prevalent, it's easy to see how someone would go directly to the ER and spread something like this without giving it any thought. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/emergency-department.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/emergency-department.htm [1] https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-flow/study-71-of-ed-visits-unnecessary-avoidable.html https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-flow/study-71-...

Fomite 7y ago

The major driver of overuse of the ER is EMTALA, which means you're going to be treated without regard for your ability to pay in an ER. There's blame for that, but for many people with non-critical conditions in the ER, it's a rational choice.