Comments on: CDC: Almost Half of Hospitals Experience Crowded Emergency Departments http://gruntdoc.com/2006/09/cdc-almost-half-of-hospitals-experience-crowded-emergency-departments.html Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Sat, 12 May 2012 12:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Paul Auerbach, M.D. http://gruntdoc.com/2006/09/cdc-almost-half-of-hospitals-experience-crowded-emergency-departments.html/comment-page-1#comment-4574 Paul Auerbach, M.D. Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:48:57 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2006/09/cdc-almost-half-of-hospitals-experience-crowded-emergency-departments.html#comment-4574 You have reported this fairly. Emergency services, and emergency departments in particular, provide the backbone for our medical communities - indeed, for our communities. It is essential that our profession do everything within reason to continue to point that out to government and funding agencies at every level. You have reported this fairly. Emergency services, and emergency departments in particular, provide the backbone for our medical communities – indeed, for our communities. It is essential that our profession do everything within reason to continue to point that out to government and funding agencies at every level.

]]> By: TheNewGuy http://gruntdoc.com/2006/09/cdc-almost-half-of-hospitals-experience-crowded-emergency-departments.html/comment-page-1#comment-4573 TheNewGuy Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:52:20 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2006/09/cdc-almost-half-of-hospitals-experience-crowded-emergency-departments.html#comment-4573 <i>This is ridiculous! Y'all need to hire more doctors</i> Heh... I love that one. My response? "Yeah... I know. If more people had actual insurance or paid their medical bills, we could probably afford more" Since roughly half of my patients are self-pay or some kind of 'caid (and even the insured ones figure that out after a few hours in the waiting room), that usually ends that conversation... This is ridiculous! Y’all need to hire more doctors

Heh… I love that one. My response?

“Yeah… I know. If more people had actual insurance or paid their medical bills, we could probably afford more”

Since roughly half of my patients are self-pay or some kind of ‘caid (and even the insured ones figure that out after a few hours in the waiting room), that usually ends that conversation…

]]> By: scalpel http://gruntdoc.com/2006/09/cdc-almost-half-of-hospitals-experience-crowded-emergency-departments.html/comment-page-1#comment-4572 scalpel Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:15:16 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2006/09/cdc-almost-half-of-hospitals-experience-crowded-emergency-departments.html#comment-4572 Awesome post. The only aspect of my job that I hate is the constant complaints about the waiting times. "This is ridiculous! Y'all need to hire more doctors!" If only it were so simple. Awesome post. The only aspect of my job that I hate is the constant complaints about the waiting times. “This is ridiculous! Y’all need to hire more doctors!”

If only it were so simple.

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