Medicaid expansion narrowed racial gaps in hospitalizations
Expanding Medicaid eligibility reduced Black-white disparities in preventable hospitalizations and ER visits by 10% or more, a new study shows.
Black patients have less access to safer heart surgeries
“This study highlights the fact that even in 2022 if you’re not white, you don’t get the same therapies that white people do.”
Black patients have less access to safer heart surgeries
“This study highlights the fact that even in 2022 if you’re not white, you don’t get the same therapies that white people do.”
‘Bystander’ hospitals feel the pinch when rural ones close
When rural hospitals close, bystander emergency rooms elsewhere see an increase in visits, new research finds.
Family caregivers faced hurdles after COVID hospitalization
Interviews with people hospitalized with COVID-19 and their family caregivers reveal some unique challenges.
Family caregivers faced hurdles after COVID hospitalization
Interviews with people hospitalized with COVID-19 and their family caregivers reveal some unique challenges.
Overcrowded emergency departments put patients at risk
Overcrowding at emergency departments in the US has reached crisis levels, putting patients at risk. The COVID-19 pandemic made things worse.
Blood test predicts which hospitalized COVID patients will get worse
A new blood test can predict which hospitalized patients with COVID-19 will get worse, even if they initially had only mild symptoms.
COVID hit health care worker well-being super hard
COVID exacted a huge toll on the well-being of health care workers who were already struggling with high levels of emotional exhaustion before the pandemic.
Surgery has cut death rate from torn aorta
A tear in the aorta is still a dangerous emergency, but rates of survival once in the hospital have improved greatly since the 1950s, research finds.