Objectives To review research published before and after the passage of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) examining barriers in seeking or accessing health …

Context Between 1998 and 2008, the number of hospital-based emergency departments
(EDs) in the United States declined, while the number of ED visits increased, particularly …

The drivers of trauma disparities are multiple and complex; yet, understanding the causes
will direct needed interventions. The aims of this article are to (1) explore how the injured …

Purpose Annual rates of rural hospital closure have been increasing since 2010, and
hospitals that close have poor financial performance relative to those that remain open. This …

Closures of hospital trauma centers have accelerated since 2001. These closures may
disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities. We evaluate how driving time …

Importance Medicaid is the largest payer of mental health (MH) care in the United States,
and this role will increase among states that opt into the Medicaid expansion. However …

Objective To study whether traditionally vulnerable populations have worse geographic
access to trauma centers. Design A cross-sectional analysis using data from the American …

BACKGROUND Despite a focus on improved prehospital care, penetrating injuries
contribute substantially to trauma mortality in the United States. We therefore analyzed …

Residential segregation is associated geographic disparities in access to care, but its impact
on local health care policy, including public hospitals, is unknown. We examined the effects …

Objectives: Racial/ethnic differences in palliative care resource use after stroke have been
recognized, but it is unclear whether patient or hospital characteristics drive this disparity …