Curtailing unnecessary emergency room visits by hemodialysis patients would cut costs
Rachael Williams
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Excessive use of emergency care for minor afflictions is common among hemodialysis patients, according to data from a US inner-city hospital. The authors of a retrospective analysis of these data published in Dialysis & Transplantation call for a concerted effort to limit emergency room attendance to urgent cases only.
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