Logo

Log In Sign Up |  An official publication of: American College of Emergency Physicians
Navigation
  • Home
  • Multimedia
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
  • Clinical
    • Airway Managment
    • Case Reports
    • Critical Care
    • Guidelines
    • Imaging & Ultrasound
    • Pain & Palliative Care
    • Pediatrics
    • Resuscitation
    • Trauma & Injury
  • Career
    • Practice Management
      • Reimbursement & Coding
      • Legal
      • Operations
    • Awards
    • Certification
    • Early Career
    • Education
    • Leadership
    • Profiles
    • Retirement
    • Work-Life Balance
  • Compensation Reports
  • Columns
    • ACEP4U
    • Airway
    • Benchmarking
    • By the Numbers
    • EM Cases
    • End of the Rainbow
    • Equity Equation
    • FACEPs in the Crowd
    • Forensic Facts
    • From the College
    • Kids Korner
    • Medicolegal Mind
    • Opinion
      • Break Room
      • New Spin
      • Pro-Con
    • Pearls From EM Literature
    • Policy Rx
    • Practice Changers
    • Problem Solvers
    • Residency Spotlight
    • Resident Voice
    • Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine
    • Sound Advice
    • Special OPs
    • Toxicology Q&A
    • WorldTravelERs
  • Resources
    • mTBI Resource Center
    • ACEP.org
    • ACEP Knowledge Quiz
    • CME Now
    • Annual Scientific Assembly
      • ACEP14
      • ACEP15
      • ACEP16
      • ACEP17
      • ACEP18
      • ACEP19
    • Annals of Emergency Medicine
    • JACEP Open
    • Emergency Medicine Foundation
  • Issue Archives
  • Archives
    • Brief19
    • Coding Wizard
    • Images in EM
    • Care Team
    • Quality & Safety
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • Medical Editor in Chief
    • Editorial Advisory Board
    • Awards
    • Authors
    • Article Submission
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Subscribe
    • Privacy Policy
    • Copyright Information

The ER is a Cost-Effective Place to Receive Acute Care

By Angelo Falcone, M.D. | on August 1, 2013 | 0 Comment
Opinion
Share:  Print-Friendly Version

The bottom line is that the existing narrative of emergency rooms as simply cost centers to be contained is not supported by the realities of health care. Rather, emergency departments and emergency physicians are increasingly crucial front-line players in containing health care costs.

You Might Also Like
  • A Cost-effective Way to Evaluate Patients with Recurrent Renal Colic
  • ED-Initiated Buprenorphine Cost-Effective for Opioid Dependence
  • New Study: EPs Key to Reducing Health Care Costs
Explore This Issue
ACEP News: Vol 32 – No 08 – August 2013

Dr. Falcone is an emergency physician and chief executive officer, Medical Emergency Professionals (MEP). He blogs at EmergencyDocs Blog.

Pages: 1 2 | Single Page

Topics: BloggEDCost of Health CarePractice ManagementPractice Trends

Related

  • Are Hospital On-Call Services Still Sustainable?

    February 3, 2026 - 0 Comment
  • Despite Drawbacks, Emergency Medicine Remains a Great Specialty

    January 9, 2026 - 1 Comment
  • Florida Emergency Department Adds Medication-Dispensing Kiosk

    November 7, 2025 - 1 Comment

Current Issue

ACEP Now: February 2026 (Digital)

Read More

No Responses to “The ER is a Cost-Effective Place to Receive Acute Care”

Leave a Reply Cancel Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*
*



Wiley
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Advertise
  • Cookie Preferences
Copyright © 2026 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved, including rights for text and data mining and training of artificial technologies or similar technologies. ISSN 2333-2603