Background: In 2002, British Columbia (BC) began redistributing its hospital services.
Existing facilities closed, were downsized or became specialized. Reasons for these …

Increasing health care expenses are one factor causing the United States (US) to
experience significant financial challenges. An estimated 17 billion dollars is being spent …

Previous research into hospital closures has been unable to identify causal factors in
advance. Twelve experienced hospital chief executive officers were interviewed using a …

Hospital indebtedness is a complex and very diverse phenomenon. Thus, the goal of this
study is the comparison of the financial performance of public hospitals in accordance with …

Considering the increasing challenge to providing access to affordable healthcare in the
United States and its effect on the economy, it is critical for patients, healthcare …

In recent years, women's reproductive healthcare has gained much attention. This is in part
due to the work of the reproductive justice movement, which has exposed the ways in which …

Abstract The United States has a very unique healthcare system. The different layers of
variance from care coordination, case management to utilization in all parts of healthcare …

Background and Purpose of the Study: Healthcare costs in the United States has continued
to increase annually, and new policy's attempt at protocol changes in healthcare practices …

Closures of hospitals occur from time to time. Several rural hospitals were in the US recently
in an unprecedented manner, and hundreds of others are at the risk of closing. The Patient …

Hospital readmissions for Medicare beneficiaries are common and expensive. Given that
over 40 percent of Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) beneficiaries receive post-acute care …