ED Utilization

Lee A. Resnick, MD, FAAFP You might not expect one of our most prestigious medical journals to be susceptible to scientific sleight of hand. But the JAMAeditorial board apparently fell victim to just that in publishing the latest in a string of self-serving, extraordinarily biased “studies” supported by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), entitled “Comparison of Presenting Complaint vs Discharge Diagnosis for Identifying “Nonemergency” Emergency Department Visits.” The study’s objective was to determine …

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