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February 23, 2012 | Journal Article
By measuring increased driving time to the nearest emergency department (ED), this study examines ED access and adverse patient outcomes or changes in patient health profiles. Using acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients, the study looks at whet ...
July 1, 2001 | Program Result
The United Hospital Fund of New York worked to develop, validate and implement a research technique called small-area analysis, used to identify communities with high rates of unnecessary hospitalization and limited access to primary care.
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Closures of hospital trauma centers have accelerated since 2001 and may disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities.
June 15, 2011 | Journal Article
Patients with time-sensitive conditions are adversely affected when the nearest emergency department is temporarily not available.
May 18, 2011 | Journal Article
This nationwide study analyzed market and hospital characteristics associated with the closure of emergency departments from 1990 to 2009. Emergency departments in safety-net and for-profit hospitals were less likely to remain open.
August 22, 2008 | Program Result
The number of Medicare beneficiaries enrolling in managed care has increased since the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) and the establishment of Medicare Advantage Plans in 2003.
August 8, 2011 | Video/Story
Aligning Forces for Quality takes root in Humboldt County, Calif.
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.
January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
In January 2004, a California law went into effect that regulates minimum nurse/patient ratios in hospitals because several studies had documented worse patient outcomes when nurse/patient ratios fell. This study examined associations between low nurse/patient ratios and adverse patient outcomes.
November 1, 2006 | Program Result
Researchers at the University of Maryland studied the impact of nursing staff levels on patient outcomes in California hospitals for the period 1996 and 2000.