Reform in Action: Improving Quality in Hospitals
August 23, 2012
AF4Q is working with nearly 300 hospitals in 16 communities to develop, test, implement, and spread quality improvement strategies.
Hospital Admissions
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Hospitalization Before and After Gastric Bypass Surgery
October 19, 2005 | Journal Article
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is the most common bariatric procedure currently used in the treatment of morbid obesity. This retrospective study presents rates and indications for inpatient hospital use before and after RYGB for Californians recei ...
Mental Illness Hospitalizations of Youth in Washington State
August 1, 0200 | Journal Article
Overall hospitalization rates for youth decreased during the past two decades as a result, in part, of a shift from inpatient to outpatient management of many conditions.
Postdischarge Environmental and Socioeconomic Factors and the Likelihood of Early Hospital Readmission Among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Older Americans are more likely to be readmitted to a hospital quickly if they live alone, lack self-management skills, have limited education, or do not receive the help they need for daily living functions, according to analysis of recent Medicare data.
Predictors of Hospitalization for Injection Drug Users Seeking Care for Soft Tissue Infections
March 1, 2007 | Journal Article
STIs can affect up to 32 percent of injection drug users at a given time.
Are Preventable Hospitalizations Sensitive to Changes in Access to Primary Care?
August 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This paper examined whether expanded access to health care, such as provided by Oregon's comprehensive Oregon Health Plan (OHP), affected rates of preventable hospitalization (PH). The authors used a retrospective study to analyze PH rates for Medic ...
Childhood Influenza
September 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This article describes efforts to use information on influenza burden and vaccine efficacy to estimate how influenza vaccine recommendations might impact children's influenza-related hospitalizations and outpatient visits. Researchers reviewed studi ...
Specialized Hospital Units for Elderly Provide Shorter Stays, Lower Costs
June 20, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Hospital units designed specifically for the care of older patients could save as much as $6 billion a year, a study from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) finds. In a randomized controlled trial, patients in “acute care for elder ...
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.
Human Capital News Roundup: Babies born experiencing drug withdrawal, medication-dosing errors, permanent patients, and more.
May 3, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: A study led by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Cl ...