THE BUSINESS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE … MADE EASY!

visit ED with a pay rate of $150 per hour and an average of 2.2 patients per physician per hour (PPH), the annual salary cost is $3.4 M or $68 per patient. By contrast in a single-coverage, 12,000 visit ED, maintaining $68 per patient for salary means the hourly pay rate must be $93. This is because the night physician experiences 1.2 PPH. ................
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