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Eliot Engel: “Since the Nation's emergency departments account for close to 50 percent of all patients' healthcare visits each year…”

On the recordJune 29, 2020
Since the Nation's emergency departments account for close to 50 percent of all patients' healthcare visits each year, do you support a more focused approach on identifying and treating patients at risk for suicide while they are still in the emergency department, such as the approach provided in H.R. 4861?
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel advocates for focused suicide risk assessments in emergency departments.

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