Browsing: Health Policy Journal Club

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The odds of ED visits by frequent users declined after the Affordable Care Act.
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Phone calls and letters from physicians significantly cut future emergency visits
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Medicaid managed care reduces disparities in preventable ED visits in Florida.
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Uninsured patients use the ED as often as the insured yet use other care much less.
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How much does the emergency department contribute to health care delivery in the United States? Do our policies reflect the ED’s current role?
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Can community health workers help cut down on ED "super-user" visits and lead to sustainable cost savings?
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In some cases, an intervention that saves lives also becomes a "moral hazard" that leads to risky behavior. Are we seeing this effect with naloxone?
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The Health Policy Journal Club points out a Jevons paradox occurring in response to the increase in freestanding emergency department.
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Good news! There are fewer surprise bills now than a decade ago. A surprise medical bill is one a patient receives from an out-of-network provider after seeking care at a facility considered "in-netw
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Health Policy Journal Club: 30 Million Outside the “Golden Hour” Certain communities appear cut off from the nation’s best trauma care. In the U.S., cohesive trauma systems began to coalesce in the 1