title: Ask the doctor.  I sprained my ankle pretty badly a few weeks ago and was taken to the emergency room.  It took three hours before I saw a doctor.  Why are emergency rooms so crowded and the waits so long just to be seen?
authors.forename: J. Tobias
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Nagurney
mesh_terms: D000842:Ankle; D000843:Ankle Joint; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D013180:Sprains and Strains