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Healthcare cost burden of acute chest pain presentations

L. Dawson, Emily Nehme, Ziad Nehme, Ella Zomer, Jason Bloom, Shelley Cox, David Anderson, Michael Stephenson, Jeffrey Lefkovits, Andrew J. Taylor,

Emergency Medicine Journal · 2023 · 11 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Total annual costs for acute chest pain presentations are increasing, and a significant proportion of the cost burden relates to low-risk patients and non-specific pain. These data highlight the need to improve the cost-efficiency of chest pain care pathways.

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