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Re: Controlling rising health care costs
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Originally Posted by Fishteacher73
I often have to go to the ER instead of my kid's doctor.... When a child has bloody diarrhea it really can not wait until a week from thursday. Prior to that I had an incodent that I called my son's doctor and he had closed down and could not be found. The only option at that point (because no one would see my son w/o a reffereal from the original doctor) was the ER....
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Your diarrhea example is not inappropriate utilization. Bloody diarrhea can be serious (sometimes quickly), and is a reasonable ER visit. It sounds like your physician is not particularly responsive. If physicians actually competed for consumer service, this would be an unemployed physician.
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Last edited by Biochemist; 05-17-2005 at 08:10 AM..
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