Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

Austin ER's got 2,678 visits from 9 people over 6 years: "n the past six years, eight people from Austin and one from Luling racked up 2,678 emergency room visits in Central Texas, costing hospitals, taxpayers and others $3 million, according to a report from a nonprofit made up of hospitals and other providers that care for the uninsured and low-income Central Texans.

One of the nine spent more than a third of last year in the ER: 145 days. That same patient totaled 554 ER visits from 2003 through 2008."

2 comments:

Todd Mason said...

From my ER experiences, one can spend 145 days in the ER on one visit.

But thank goodness we have no Socialized Medicine, except that we do, in the most inefficient way possible.

Cap'n Bob said...

There's a wino in our town that costs the taxpayers a couple of million EVERY YEAR in police, hospital, and ambulance bills.