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UTHealth: Thousands of Uninsured Kidney Disease Patients Strain Texas Emergency Departments Each Year
February 21, 2020
HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 21 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news release on Feb. 19:

More than 10,000 uninsured patients sought care at Texas emergency departments for lifesaving kidney dialysis in 2017, incurring more than $21.8 million in hospital costs, according to researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

The study, which highlights a common problem in em . . .

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