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Destinee Heath
Ms. Crist
English 4
October 29, 2015

Annotated Bibliography
Essential Question: Whats the difference between emergency and urgent care?
Working Thesis: Americans are relying on Emergency Rooms because they have a legal right,
regardless of their ability to pay.
Refined thesis: Due to the different types of care Americans have been relying on manly
Emergency Rooms for not urgent care.
"Emergency Care vs. Urgent Care." Emergency Care vs. Urgent Care. Fair Health. Web. 29 Oct.
2015.
Patients dont know the difference between Urgent and Emergency care for example,
Emergency rooms are twenty-four hours and urgent cares have extended hours. Emergency cares
are for those with life threaten emergencies while urgent care is for those who need treatment for
less serious conditions, the different types of costs for each type of care as well. Because of the
primary care and there lack of short supply, are forcing sick people to seek medical care in
emergency room. With this in mind methods can be made toward fixing the urgent care system in

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better care an quality. This may be a minor solution to emergency room capacity but could help
decrease some of the capacity.
Barish, Robert. "American Clinical and Climatological Association." Emergency Room
Crowding: A Marker of Hospital Health: 75. Web. 15 Oct. 2015.
Crowding, delays, and diversions have increased to extreme proportions, mainly because
of federal mandate have to provide care to any patients requesting treatment. This causes many
consequences for many people who are being affected by this federal mandate. So for those who
are uninsured are most likely to go to an ER and are more likely to be sicker than those who are
insured. Places with an uninsured population with low income are likely to encounter more visits
cover by Medicare or the State Children's Health Insurance Program. People with mental illness
constitute another segment of the population seeking care in Emergency Rooms.