Senate Addresses Issue of Crowded Emergency Rooms
A Senate subcommittee has begun discussing ways to ease emergency room overcrowding, according to a recent article in the Washington Post.
The Senate Health subcommittee on bioterrorism and public health preparedness began the inquiry following a 2004 Centers for Disease Control report on emergency room crowding, which found that up to 50 percent of American hospitals experienced crowding during 2003 and 2004.
From 1994 to 2004, the number of emergency room visits rose by 18 percent, while the number of emergency rooms fell by 12 percent.
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