Inappropriateness of Repeated Laboratory and Radiological Tests for Transferred Emergency Department Patients
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Frequent emergency department visitors: the end of inappropriateness.
In 1992, a 4-month-old boy with fever and irritability was taken by his parents to the local emergency department (ED) late at night. The emergency physician on duty diagnosed otitis media and prescribed antibiotics and analgesics, and the child recovered without incident. His parents, both physicians, spent the next year in a losing battle with the insurance company, which denied payment becau...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2077-0383
DOI: 10.3390/jcm8091342