emergency room visits

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BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Repeat hospitalizations or emergency room visits for children with asthma were significantly more common among those with single parents, although income appeared primarily to blame, a researcher said here.

New York doctors are reporting a spike in emergency room visits - and they say low-income patients are landing there because they can't get a regular doctor's appointment.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Ecstasy-related emergency room visits increased 75% from 2004 to 2008, according to new data from the Obama administration's Office of National Drug Control Policy.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Removing cough and cold medicines for very young children from store shelves led to a big decline in emergency room visits for bad reactions to the drugs, government research found....

The number of emergency room visits for nonmedical use of prescription painkillers more than doubled between 2004 and 2008, according to a CDC estimate.

Many of you are struggling to make ends meet while your health care expenses continue to rise. If you are well informed and you do your homework, you might be able to reduce your medical expenses by following some simple tips.

Just remember A-B-C-D.

Ask the provider upfront (before services are delivered) for a price break.

Each provider has their own rules about negotiating bills, and you should always ask. Explain your circumstances and offer to pay cash at time of service or develop a payment plan.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A vaccine against rotavirus, the leading cause of diarrhea in infants, has led to a dramatic drop in hospitalization and emergency room visits since it came on the market two years ago, doctors reported Saturday....

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- Adverse effects from antibiotics led to more than 140,000 emergency room visits in the U.S. annually from 2004 through 2006, accounting for one-fifth of all such drug-related events, researchers here said.