Nearly 140 million Americans go to the emergency department every year for reasons ranging from broken bones to run of-the-mill coughs.Hospital emergency department visits have been rising steadily for decades, a trend that reflects an aging population with more urgent care needs and an ever-steepening decline in the number of Americans receiving preventative care to stave off disease.While it is the place to go in , millions of people go for non-urgent issues, such as mild headaches or mild burns, which overcrowd waiting rooms, bog down overworked staff, and ultimately delay access to treatment for people in more urgent need.
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