American College of Emergency Physicians -- The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine:

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Will Life-Saving Emergency Care Be There When You Need It?

The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine assesses the support that each state and the District of Columbia provides for their emergency care systems. A wake-up call for policymakers, the report underscores the challenges facing patients who need emergency care and recognizes efforts to address these needs. This report should motivate state and national policy support for improving emergency care systems.

America’s commitment to its emergency care system received mediocre or near-failing grades in this first-ever national report, which found in state-after-state, emergency care systems characterized by overcrowding, declining access to care, soaring liability costs and a poor capacity to deal with natural and man-made disasters. more>>

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