For the ALiEM – Annals of EM global journal club on the article “Emergency Department Computed Tomography Utilization in the United States and Canada”, discuss question number 3 on the topic of malpractice and CT use:
Discuss some of the important differences between the current health care systems and medical malpractice environments in Canada and the United States. How might these differences affect CT use in the emergency department (ED)? How might the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the US affect these differences?
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Links to the other ALiEMJC questions
- Q1. Bias
- Q2. Estimation of CT Count
- Q4. Reimbursement Tied to Diagnosis
- Q5. Home page of ALiEM JC and all other discussion of this article
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