9 patients made nearly 2,700 ER visits in Texas
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 16:21
in Health & Medicine
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Just nine people accounted for nearly 2,700 of the emergency room visits in the Austin area during the past six years at a cost of $3 million to taxpayers and others, according to a report. The patients went to hospital emergency rooms 2,678 times from 2003 through 2008, said the report from the nonprofit Integrated Care Collaboration, a group of health care providers who care for low-income and uninsured patients....
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