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Rising Closures of Hospital Trauma Centers Disproportionately Burden Vulnerable Populations

October 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Closures of hospital trauma centers have accelerated since 2001 and may disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities.

Changes in Emergency Department Access Between 2001 and 2005 Among General and Vulnerable Populations

August 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Although geographic access to emergency departments has deteriorated in only a small number of communities, these communities tended to be poor, unemployed or Hispanic, suggesting an increasing disparity in access to emergency care.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Rising Closures of Hospital Trauma Centers Disproportionately Burden Vulnerable Populations

Changes in Emergency Department Access Between 2001 and 2005 Among General and Vulnerable Populations