From the Washington Post
Most physician-owned specialty hospitals are poorly equipped to handle medical emergencies, federal investigators will report today, underscoring a long-standing concern about the rapid rise in the number of such hospitals.
The report found that 55 percent of 109 physician-owned hospitals reviewed had emergency departments — and that the majority of those had only one bed, wrote Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Fewer than a third of the hospitals had physicians on site at all times, and 34 percent relied on dialing 911 to get emergency medical assistance for patients in trouble, according to the report.
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