Not exact matches
Overall, asthma
treatment cost an estimated
$ 6.2 billion in 1990; 43 % of that total cost was associated with
emergency room use, hospitalization, and death.
Paterson had announced last month the HEAL funds for the hospitals, which included
$ 1 million for Jamaica Hospital to expand primary care services in St. Albans,
$ 4 million for Elmhurst Hospital to build a new women's center,
$ 4 million for Mt. Sinai Hospital to add 18 new
treatment spaces to its
emergency rooms and
$ 4 million for Forest Hills Hospital to move its primary care facility into a larger space.
Of these around 800,000 Americans seek medical attention; around 386,000 of those require
treatment in an
emergency room at an average of about
$ 5,000 each; approximately 16 bite victims will die each year.
You have no other
treatment and your
emergency room bill is
$ 3,000.
Charges incurred for the use of the
Emergency Room for
treatment of an illness are subject to an additional (extra)
$ 250 deductible if
treatment does not require admission to the hospital.