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Originally Posted by droopydrew19
I am employed at an urgent care facility. They still cost the system $700+ per visit. While the walk in across the street is 1/3 of that.
People don't seem to understand what urgent care is. That is part of the problem. That is why they need to be assessed by someone to show them where to go.
There are tons of health care dollars wasted daily by patients in the health care system. And tons of staffing issues that lead to Nurses making mandatory double time pay etc. They system needs an overhaul. It is sick.
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I agree on those points, I would have thought that an urgent care facility would have a lower price point per person because they don't take a lot of things that the acute care centres take (anyone on spinal precautions). In Edmonton the East Edmonton Health Centre, which houses mental health, immunizations and an urgent care centre routinely gets 20-30 people an evening and is underutilized.
Do you have a breakdown for price point per patient - does it factor in average costs of DI, Lab Tests, Building costs, Staffing? I can't see how someone coming to the ER with a norovirus costs $700... in terms of staffing/building costs, that is a cost that is already a sunk cost, that would be getting paid regardless of whether the person goes into the ER or not, there wouldn't be any diagnostic imaging or major lab tests (in all likelihood)... I understand that the costs associated with a serious medical incident would be higher. While I agree that keeping the less urgent people out of the ER makes sense, especially from a wait time perspective, I can't see how it saves a bundle of cash.