print email comment close Questionable Hospitals 2001: Patient Dumping by Hospital Emergency Rooms URL: http://www.citizen.org/publications/release.cfm?ID=7480 Description: This report from 2001 focuses on "patient dumping," by hospitals in which "people with medical emergencies [are] being improperly screened or refused treatment altogether." Features a press release with the key findings and specific examples of patient dumping, the full report, and summaries of "Some of the Worst Confirmed Patient Dumping Cases." From the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. Publisher: Public Citizen LII Database Information: Record 22956 created by Jennifer English on 11/27/2006 Last modification on 11/29/2006 Published: 11/29/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22956