Where do you go when you suddenly need health care?

Where do you go when you suddenly need health care?

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 7, Episode 198 , Segment 1

Health Care, Overwhelmed: When No One Has Time

Episode: Health Care, Overwhelmed: When No One Has Time

  • Aug 18, 2018 1:00 pm
  • 42:56 mins

Dr. Keith Kocher is an emergency physician and health services researcher studying the delivery and performance of acute care, and has written extensively on the value of the emergency department as a setting of care within the health system. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan. If you get a runny nose or suddenly don’t feel well where do you go? Do you go to a health center, urgent care, a clinic, or even the emergency room at the hospital? Depending on the symptoms and the time of day, where to go can be confusing. Professor Keith Kocher sheds some light on this topic.