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Patient-centered medical home could reduce costs and improve care: one huge benefit would be coordination of care for patients.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 15-DEC-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Patient-centered medical home could reduce costs and improve care: one huge benefit would be coordination of care for patients.(Healthcare Mississippi)

Article Excerpt
When people do not have healthcare insurance or money to pay to see a doctor, they do not get basic medical care. Then often the problem gets worse and the sick person heads to the local emergency room (ER) for care knowing that the hospital cannot refuse to treat them.

According to Blue Cross & Blue Shield, the national average ER visit costs $383, while the national average doctor's office visit is $60. Unnecessary ER visits can delay care for those with true emergencies and cost billions of dollars.

Healthcare dollars would be far better spent if people got appropriate primary care early on rather than waiting until the disease progresses.

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