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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedLee DC, Carr BG, Smith TE
The impact of hospital closures and hospital and population characteristics on increasing emergency department volume: a geographic analysis.
The objective of this study was to test the association of hospital and population characteristics and the effect of hospital closures with increases in emergency department volume. Emergency volume increased nearly twice as fast at tertiary referral centers (4.8 percent) and nonurban hospitals (3.7 percent versus urban at 2.1 percent) after adjusting for other characteristics. The effect of hospital closures also strongly predicted variation in growth.
AHRQ-funded; HS018362; HS010914.
Citation: Lee DC, Carr BG, Smith TE .
The impact of hospital closures and hospital and population characteristics on increasing emergency department volume: a geographic analysis.
Popul Health Manag 2015 Dec;18(6):459-66. doi: 10.1089/pop.2014.0123.
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Keywords: Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Department, Hospitals, Access to Care
Geissler KH, Holmes GM
Emergency department use in the US-Mexico border region and violence in Mexico: is there a relationship?
This study assessed the association between homicide rates in northern Mexico and potentially avoidable use of emergency departments (ED) in the US-Mexico border region. It concluded that a substantial majority of ED encounters in the US-Mexico border region were potentially avoidable. However, there was not a strong relationship between homicide rates in northern Mexico and the distribution of ED discharges in Arizona and California.
AHRQ-funded; HS021074.
Citation: Geissler KH, Holmes GM .
Emergency department use in the US-Mexico border region and violence in Mexico: is there a relationship?
J Rural Health 2015 Summer;31(3):316-25. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12109.
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Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Healthcare Utilization, Access to Care, Vulnerable Populations
Binswanger IA, Whitley E, Haffey PR
A patient navigation intervention for drug-involved former prison inmates.
The researchers designed a randomized controlled trial of patient navigation to reduce barriers to health care and hospitalizations for former prison inmates. They found recruitment of former inmates highly feasible, but found that follow-up was limited by rearrests. They concluded that their results suggest a significantly lower rate of hospitalizations among navigation participants, although the rate of emergency department/urgent care visits was not improved.
AHRQ-funded; HS019464.
Citation: Binswanger IA, Whitley E, Haffey PR .
A patient navigation intervention for drug-involved former prison inmates.
Subst Abus 2015;36(1):34-41. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2014.932320.
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Keywords: Access to Care, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Healthcare Utilization, Hospitalization, Substance Abuse