Overuse at the ER
YOU REPORTED that visits to Massachusetts emergency rooms grew 7 percent between 2005 and 2007, and that many of these visits could have been treated in a doctor's office. Many working families - particularly lower-income people and non-English speakers, as Dr. JudyAnn Bigby, secretary of health and human services, noted in a November Globe story - lack the paid time ... (Full article: 188 words)
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