Purpose of Review GIS provide us with a view of human health that cannot be obtained by
other methods. The review considers recent uses of GIS to address epidemiologic questions …

Background Besides macrolevel characteristics of a health care system, mesolevel access
characteristics can exert influence on socioeconomic inequalities in healthcare use. These …

Purpose Cancer patients frequently utilize the emergency department (ED) for a variety of
diagnoses both related to and unrelated to their cancer, yet ED outcomes for cancer patients …

Background Guidelines recommend urgent evaluation for transient monocular vision loss
(TMVL) and retinal artery occlusion (RAO), but emergency department (ED) utilisation for …

Study objective We develop and assess variation in an emergency department (ED)
admission intensity measure intended for value-based payment models. The measure …

We study the role of person-and place-specific factors in explaining geographic variation in
emergency department utilization using detailed data on 150,000 patients who moved …

The US acute care system treats 1 in 5 Americans each year and serves as the source of the
majority of hospital admissions. 1 Despite this key role, emergency department (ED) visits …

Background Patients with cancer visit the emergency department often and have a high rate
of admission compared to other patients. Admission rates by institution may vary widely …

Background: Unplanned hospital visits are costly and may indicate reduced care quality. In
this analysis, we aim to investigate the emergency department (ED) utilization for patients 30 …

We study healthcare operations of emergency departments (EDs) by examining the practice
styles and skills of ED physicians. Our data include all residents of Montreal, Canada, with …