74% provide paid sick leave
21% provide sick leave to care for children
67% would note operational problems if 50% of workforce was off more than 2 weeks
74% provide paid sick leave
21% provide sick leave to care for children
67% would note operational problems if 50% of workforce was off more than 2 weeksA doctor’s note is required for sick leave by 43%
99.5% Percentage of current circulating flu in the United States that is H1N1, as of Oct 23, 2009 (WHO)
53% of academic research faculty in the life sciences at top schools reported financial ties to industry. (Health Affairs)
When asked about ways to increase efficiencies and decrease the monetary cost of a visit to the emergency department…
When asked whether ACEP has taken the right position in the current debate on healthcare reform…
9% strongly agree with ACEP’s position
37% moderately agree, 14% moderately disagree and 9% strongly disagree
3% The amount that Medicare claims it is spending on administrative cost.
33% The number of Americans who die while in the hospital (Reuters).
11.1 The amount (in millions) that an indigent mom received in a malpractice award from a children’s hospital ED because they supposedly failed to check the child for dehydration.
(St. Petersburg Times)
712 The number of hours an Australian family waited in the ED to have their child seen for a seizure (Canberra Times, Australia)
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