The Craziest Secrets You Should Know About Hospitals

If Possible, Avoid The Freestanding ER’s

Those freestanding ERs popping up all over? They typically don’t have anywhere near the resources of hospital ERs, yet they cost just as much. Go there for small bumps and bruises. For something serious (chest pain, a badly broken bone), get to a trauma center where specialists and surgeons work.

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