Is Uber an Option for Transporting Patients from Crowded EDs to Urgent Care?

Is Uber an Option for Transporting Patients from Crowded EDs to Urgent Care?

Trying to relocate nonemergent patients from overcrowded emergency rooms to clinics and urgent care centers by ambulance led to out-of-control costs in the San Diego area. In addition, it’s been shown that some 30% of people who call 911 for an ambulance didn’t even need emergent care to begin with. So, health officials hit on the idea of calling a taxi or an Uber to take patients where they need to be. The question is, …

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