Emergency Departments Under Growing Pressure

This issue brief relies on interviews with practicing clinicians to explore the impact of the recession on hospital emergency departments that are under growing pressure as patient volume increases, health coverage declines and medical costs present new challenges to unemployed families.

Issue Brief (.pdf)

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