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In response to
"It is an "unfunded mandate", which I interpret as something hospitals must do but don't get any funding for it. -- (link)"
by
James Bond (aka Igor)
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According to a May 2003 American Medical Association study, emergency physicians on average provide $138,300 of EMTALA-related charity care each year,
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According to a May 2003 American Medical Association study, emergency physicians on average provide $138,300 of EMTALA-related charity care each year, and one-third of emergency physicians provide more than 30 hours of EMTALA-related care each week. Physicians in other specialties provide, on average, about six hours a week of care mandated by EMTALA, and on average incurred about $25,000 of EMTALA-related bad debt in 2001.
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