90 percent of states get poor, near-failing grades in nationwide report card
The nation’s emergency care system is “a ticking time bomb,” with demand far outstripping the capacity of hospital emergency departments already crippled by a widespread shortage of doctors and nurses, according to a national report on the state of emergency medicine.
The annual report card by the American College of Emergency Physicians gave the nation a D- grade for Americans’ access to emergency care, saying the emergency care system was “fraught with significant challenges and under more stress than ever before.”
That stress is likely to worsen as the weakening economy forces public officials and health administrators to cut back even further on costs, the report said.
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