Uninsured Not Cause of ED Overcrowding, Study Finds
It commonly is believed that the uninsured are responsible for emergency department overcrowding, but a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that over the past decade, insured patients made up the majority of the increased use of the country's EDs.
- "Study Tries To Debunk Myths of ERs, Uninsured" (Appleby, USA Today, 10/22).