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E.D. INEFFICIENCY If 2% of those people WALK AWAY, that’s 50 people per month Take a hospital that averages 30,000 ED visits every year (That’s 2,500 people each month) would have needed RADIOLOGY would have needed INPATIENT SERVICES 24 7 Assuming an average ED facility charge of $1,381 per patient, that’s a monthly loss of $69,050 $471 Average price of a radiology facility service. $15,674 The average price of an inpatient facility stay. $11,304 $109,718 Total 2% LWOT: $69,050 + $11,304 + $109,718 = $190,072 per month or yearly revenue loss yearly revenue loss $2,280,864 per year. EmCare has a track record of decreasing LWOT rates. For more information, call 877.416.8079 and visit www.EmCare.com Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Emergency Department Summary Tables. Retrieved from cdc.gov: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ahcd/nhamcs_emergency/2010_ed_web_tables.pdf Health Care Cost Institute Inc. Health Care Cost and Utilization Report: 2011. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Emergency Department Summary Tables

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E.D. INEFFICIENCY

If 2% of those people

WALK AWAY,that’s 50 people per month

Take a hospital that averages

30,000 ED visits every year

(That’s 2,500 people each month)

would have neededRADIOLOGY

would have neededINPATIENTSERVICES

24 7

Assuming an average ED facility charge of $1,381 per patient, that’s a monthly loss of

$69,050

$471Average price of

a radiology facility service.

$15,674The average price of

an inpatient facility stay.

$11,304 $109,718

Total 2% LWOT:$69,050 + $11,304 + $109,718 =

$190,072 per month or

yearly revenue loss yearly revenue loss

$2,280,864 per year.

EmCare has a track record of decreasing LWOT rates. For more information, call 877.416.8079 and visit www.EmCare.com

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Emergency Department Summary Tables. Retrieved from cdc.gov: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ahcd/nhamcs_emergency/2010_ed_web_tables.pdf

Health Care Cost Institute Inc. Health Care Cost and Utilization Report: 2011.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Emergency Department Summary Tables