title: Transfer centers save lives, minimize bad debt.
abstract: Tampa (FL) General Hospital is one of a handful of hospitals around the country that has set up transfer centers to resolve inappropriate-transfer problems. Hospital executives say that such centers save lives by coordinating transfers through a central point, and that they have reduced incidents of patients dumping by allowing only medically appropriate transfers.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnsson
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D005431:Florida; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization; D015141:Los Angeles; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012017:Referral and Consultation