Mortality rises when ERs close, forcing patients to drive further

September 2019

“Smaller, and more times than not, physician-owned healthcare facilities provide care in a way that larger health systems cannot. Higher amounts of indigent care along side an economic situation that eliminates the possibility of high overhead cost facilities, further justifies the necessity for smaller, independently owned Freestanding ER’s and hybrid healthcare models. Closure of Emergency Rooms and the subsequent driving distance required by patients negatively affects health and well-being as well as causing an increase in costs”.”